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Ala. Code § 22-21-7. Itemized statement of services rendered to be furnished patient upon request; provisions of statement; itemization of services and expenses; action by Attorney General; payment of claims by insurance companies: Hospitals and Other Health Care Facilities Generally – Alabama

Status: Enacted
Year Enacted: 1981
File: Download

Within 10 days following discharge, a hospital or nursing home providing services to a patient shall submit to the patient an itemized statement detailing in language comprehensible to an ordinary layman the specific nature of charges or expenses incurred by the patient, enumerating in detail the constituent components of the services received within each department of the hospital or nursing home and including unit-price data on rates charged by the hospital or nursing home.


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