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Court approves insurance-discovery software to help recoup jail medical costs
Summary
Commissioners approved a service agreement for an insurance-discovery platform to identify private insurance for jail medical and indigent health claims; staff said early comparisons to peer counties indicate potential six-figure savings and an estimated $55,000 year-to-date recovery.
McLennan County approved a web-based insurance-discovery service July 15 to help identify private insurance coverage that could offset jail medical and indigent-health care costs.
Nut graf: County officials said the software will let the indigent-health office and jail-medical billing team look for private insurers that can be billed for hospital and specialty care expenses. Staff described…
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