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Woman shocked after being charged $40 for ‘crying’ at doctors appointment
Meredith Clark
Wed, 18 May 2022, 2:24 pm
A woman’s tweet has gone viral after she shared a picture of her sister’s medical bill from a recent doctor’s visit, in which she claims that her sister was charged $40 for crying during the appointment.
Camille Johnson is a 25-year-old content creator living in Brooklyn, New York. On Monday, she tweeted a picture of her sister’s medical bill, which has since gained more than 340k likes and 55k retweets.
“My little sister has been really struggling with a health condition lately and finally got to see a doctor,” she wrote. “They charged her $40 for crying.”
The itemised medical bill showed that Johnson’s sister had visited the doctor in January, after living with a “rare disease” and “struggling to find care” for her condition. The various costs of the doctor’s visit included a vision assessment test priced at $20, a $15 hemoglobin test, a capillary blood draw for $30, and a preventative health screening which cost $350. But what caught Johnson’s attention was the $40 charge for a “brief emotional/behavioral assessment”.
“One tear in and they charged her $40 without addressing why she is crying, trying to help, doing any evaluation, any prescription, nothing,” Johnson said.
A brief emotional/behavioral assessment is a mental health screening identified by healthcare professionals with CPT code 96127. The brief assessment screens for signs of ADHD, depression, anxiety, suicidal risk, or substance abuse. Physicians have been allowed to charge for the screening since early 2015, when it became a federal mandate as part of the Affordable Care Act to expand mental health services...
Woman shocked after being charged $40 for ‘crying’ at doctors appointment
Meredith Clark
Wed, 18 May 2022, 2:24 pm
A woman’s tweet has gone viral after she shared a picture of her sister’s medical bill from a recent doctor’s visit, in which she claims that her sister was charged $40 for crying during the appointment.
Camille Johnson is a 25-year-old content creator living in Brooklyn, New York. On Monday, she tweeted a picture of her sister’s medical bill, which has since gained more than 340k likes and 55k retweets.
“My little sister has been really struggling with a health condition lately and finally got to see a doctor,” she wrote. “They charged her $40 for crying.”
The itemised medical bill showed that Johnson’s sister had visited the doctor in January, after living with a “rare disease” and “struggling to find care” for her condition. The various costs of the doctor’s visit included a vision assessment test priced at $20, a $15 hemoglobin test, a capillary blood draw for $30, and a preventative health screening which cost $350. But what caught Johnson’s attention was the $40 charge for a “brief emotional/behavioral assessment”.
“One tear in and they charged her $40 without addressing why she is crying, trying to help, doing any evaluation, any prescription, nothing,” Johnson said.
A brief emotional/behavioral assessment is a mental health screening identified by healthcare professionals with CPT code 96127. The brief assessment screens for signs of ADHD, depression, anxiety, suicidal risk, or substance abuse. Physicians have been allowed to charge for the screening since early 2015, when it became a federal mandate as part of the Affordable Care Act to expand mental health services...