Medical insurance plan targets Medicare and Medicaid billing

Oak Park, IL-Cunningham Group has launched a new insurance plan thatoffers complete protection to medical practices, hospitals, clinics, andother health care providers that bill Medicare and Medicaid. The new plan,called MediKey, takes the guesswork out of coding and protects medical earningswith special low-cost billing errors and omissions (E&O) insurance availableto those who enroll in the compliance plan. This combined approach enablesproviders to qualify for the E&O insurance at a favorable rate, thecompany says.

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