State Laws Related to Billing Third Parties for Health Care Services at Public Sexually Transmitted Disease Clinics in the United States

摘要

Background:Health departments (HDs) cite state laws as barriers to billing third parties for sexually transmitted disease (STD) services, but the association between legal/policy barriers and third-party HD billing has not been examined. This study investigates the relationship between laws that may limit HDs’ ability to bill, clinic perceptions of billing barriers, and billing practices.