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Health department reports expanding Home Health program; lab services billed at cost without insurance submissions
Summary
Nurse Laura Hageman told the board the county's Home Health program is expanding and that the health department bills lab services at cost and does not submit lab bills to insurance; doctors' orders are not required for those lab services.
Laura Hageman, a county health nurse, told commissioners at the Jan. 26 special session that the Home Health portion of the health department "continues to explode," and that lab services provided by the department are billed at cost and are not submitted to insurance; she added doctors' orders are not required for those lab tests. Hageman also said the department is partially funded by grants and noted influenza activity is on the rise.
Hageman said the health department will hold its quarterly meeting on Feb. 4 and will lead the next department head meeting in the clerk's absence. The minutes record informational updates but no board actions tied directly to the health department presentation.
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