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Providers sometimes waive patients’ cost‐sharing amounts (e.g., copays or deductibles) as an accommodation to the patient. However, doing so may violate fraud and abuse laws and/or payor contracts. From a payor’s perspective, waiving cost‐sharing amounts creates two problems. First, payors often contract with providers to pay based in part on the provider’s usual charges. The […] The post Waiving Co-Pays and Deductibles appeared first on Terry Fletcher Consulting, Inc..