Carol Carter

Carol Carter
A founding staff member of Atlanta Business Chronicle in 1978, Carol went on to become editor of the Chronicle and and, subsequently, seven different Chronicle special publications. She was consumer reporter for WXIA-TV's Noonday Show, and she wrote educational videos for Optical Data School Media. Freelancing now for far too long, Carol wrote the 125-year history of Saint Joseph's Hospital of Atlanta, wrote annual reports for such clients as Delta Air Lines and the Georgia Tech Foundation, and edited a book of short stories for the Emory University School of Nursing. She lives in North Georgia. Email

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    Patient Advocates Check the Fine Print

    by Carol Carter | 5, Add your Comment | May 19 09
    Patient Advocates Check the Fine Print
    When it comes to health care, be careful what you pay for. Cindy Holtzman of Medical Refund Service Inc. in Marietta has seen hospital bills that included circumcisions -- on baby girls. Well, that’s what the hospital bill would have had you believe. She helped a Georgia State University professor sort out dozens of little scraps of paper held together with straight pins that were bills from an illness his wife contracted while the two were in India. “I had, like, 150 straight pins,” says Holtzman, a patient advocate who specializes in insurance issues. The pieces of paper added up to two ...
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