If a patient is being admitted to a hospital and refuses all preadmission testing, but a bill is sent to the insurance carrier for these services anyway, this is called

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This is called phantom charges, which is when charges are billed for services that were not actually performed or refused by the patient. Duplicate billing is when the same service is billed twice, double billing is when two different services are billed as one, and posting errors are mistakes made during data entry or accounting.

If a Patient Is Being Admitted to a Hospital and Refuses