Medical Billing Forum
Billing => Billing => : Debbie G August 12, 2014, 01:54:56 PM
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Will any insurance company pay for an interpreter for a patient that is deaf?
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Unfortunately most insurance carriers do not cover the cost of an interpreter.
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You might want to call the carriers, I think over past few years cases were won based on the American's With Disabilities ACT
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My understanding is that the physician is responsible for paying the cost for the interpreter, it is not a covered expense under insurance.
This link might help: http://deafness.about.com/od/legalrights/a/medinterpreters.htm