Kristina Hutson

Physicians Practice® spoke with Kristina Hutson, a product line developer at Availity, about surprise billing events in independent healthcare practices and what owners and administrators can do to reduce the likelihood of their occurrence.

How a practice’s revenue cycle management can effect patient payments and the likelihood of surprise billing scenarios.

When providers should begin discussing payments for services with patients.

How providers can reduce the likelihood of surprise billing.

What a surprise billing scenario may look like in small, independent practices.

The concept of Balance Billing and how it relates to surprise billing.

Krisi Hutson, product line developer at Availity, discusses the concept of surprise billing.

Physicians Practice® spoke with Krisi Hutson, the product line director at Availity, to discuss some of the ways in which she has been seeing providers help their patients to avoid surprise billing scenarios.