Healthcare Compliance Practice Test

Unbundling refers to the practice of separately billing for individual services or procedures that are typically billed together as a comprehensive package. This is often done to generate higher reimbursement rates from payers by taking advantage of the way services are coded and billed. Unbundling can lead to inflated costs for patients and healthcare payers and is generally viewed as an unethical practice within healthcare compliance, as it can distort the true cost of care and violate billing regulations. Proper billing practices emphasize transparency and adherence to guidelines that define how services should be packaged when they are clinically linked, thereby ensuring that patients are charged fairly for the care they receive.