From preregistration and admitting to billing and filing insurance claims, HRMC's knowledgeable business office staff is here for you from the beginning through the end of your hospital experience.
HRMC accepts all insurances – none are refused. The experienced staff in the business office are here to help with filing insurance, medicare and medicaid claims, attempting to make the business end of your hospital experience easier for you and your family.
Hours/Phone Admissions 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. – 605-353-6233 (Monday-Friday)
Insurance 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. (Monday-Friday)
Location Main Hospital 1st Floor Lobby 172 4th Street SE Huron, SD 57350
Commercial Insurance - 605-353-6341
Medicare - 605-353-6339
Medicaid, Blue Cross or Champus/TRICARE - 605-353-6340
Self-Pay Accounts - 605-353-6223
For more information on the following services provided by HRMC's business office, click the links below:
Patient Preregistration - once you are scheduled for a diagnostic test, surgery or a hospital stay, a member of our admissions staff will contact you prior to your scheduled appointment to gather some information to make check-in easier. Typically, you will be called the day or evening before your scheduled appointment. The admission staff also will provide helpful information to assist you in preparing for your hospital visit. For your convenience, you can preregister online.
Admissions - upon arriving at HRMC, we ask that you stop by the admissions office located just to your left when you enter the main hospital lobby (see map). Admission staff will verify your information, make copies of your insurance cards and provide directions to your appointment. For your convenience, the admission desks are staffed from 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Monday-Friday.
Patient Billing - as a courtesy to our patients, HRMC will file all necessary third-party payor claims once the information has been provided to us. HRMC has signed preferred provider contracts with the following insurance carriers:
America's PPO (ARAZ)
Assurant Health
Avera Health Plan
Dakotacare
First Choice of the Midwest
First Health (PPO for Mail Handlers and Postmasters Benefit Plans)
GEHA (Government Employees Hospital Association)
Medica (Select Care)
Mennonite Mutual Aid
Midlands Choice
Sanford Health Plan
TLC Advantage
United Healthcare
Wellmark (Blue Cross/Blue Shield)
If you do not see your network here, please call to verify status or inquire about the possibility of adding.
Once you have been discharged, you will receive an initial statement that includes a summary of your charges.
After third-party payment has either been received or denied (see Insurance Claims for more information on denials), HRMC will then send you a statement of your payment responsibilities. For your convenience, payments or payment arrangements may be made:
Online via HRMC's Make a Payment online service with a checking or savings account, debit card or credit card – 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
In person with cash, check, debit card or credit card during regular business hours at the cashier window in the main hospital lobby (see map).
Via phone with check, debit card or credit card during regular business hours by calling 605-353-6200 ext. 456 or 800-529-0115 ext. 456.
Mail your payment with your statement stub to: Huron Regional Medical Center
Attn: Business Office
172 4th St. SE
Huron, SD 57350
Financing with a bank loan at a financial institution of your choice.
Monthly payment options based on the payment schedule below. Auto bank or credit card draft is available, for your convenience.
HRMC Monthly Payment Schedule - Unpaid balances will assess interest charges equal to 10 percent annually (0.83 percent monthly) on all account balances after ninety (90) days from the date of discharge. All monthly payment plans are assessed interest.
If Amount is
Minimum Monthly Payment is
$25 or less
$25 to $250
$251 to $2,000
$2,001 to $4,000
$4,001 to $10,000
$10,001 and higher
100% of balance due
$25
10% of balance due
8% of balance due
7% of balance due
6% of balance due
HRMC will work with all patients to provide satisfactory payment schedules. If you have questions about payment options, call 605-353-6223 or 605-353-6593. South Dakota residents may call toll free at 1-800-529-0115, ext. 223 or ext. 593.
NOTE: You may receive a bill for services performed by your surgeon, Dr. Jim Schwaiger (radiologist) or Huron Pathology Limited (tissue testing), in addition to your HRMC bill. Billing questions for these entities should be addressed to the contact information included in the billing statement.
Insurance Claims - HRMC's business office staff works as a patient advocate with insurance companies to ensure claims are processed and paid in a timely manner. Our knowledgeable staff helps you weed through the often-confusing claims and denial process. HRMC is committed to resolving claim issues quickly to help our patients avoid the stress of delayed or unpaid claims. If you have questions about your insurance claim, please call
Commercial Insurance - 605-353-6341
Medicare - 605-353-6339
Medicaid, Blue Cross or Champus/TRICARE - 605-353-6340
Charity Care Forgiveness - HRMC grants charity care adjustments to patients who apply and qualify according to the following criteria:
The family (any group living together as one economic unit) meets poverty guidelines as published by the Federal Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). 2004 guidelines are:
Size of Family Unit
Poverty Guideline
1
2
3
4
$ 9,310
$12,490
$15,670
$18,840
Note: For each additional family member above 4, add $3,180.
Application for State of residence and/or County of residence assistance must be made, if eligibility for such State or County assistance exists in the judgment of HRMC business office staff. Charity care adjustments are the last resort in satisfying a patient's account, and cannot be applied in lieu of governmental assistance programs.
Charity care assistance may be denied for patients who: are indigent by design as defined by SDCL 28-13-27, fail to preauthorize care with the county after being advised they must do so, or have adjusted resources/assets in excess of the hospital bill amount as determined by SDCL 28-13-32.8.
If charity care assistance appears appropriate, charity care adjustments will then be made as follows:
Income Level
Adjustment
0-125% of Poverty Guidelines
125-150% of Poverty Guidelines
150-175% of Poverty Guidelines
175-200% of Poverty Guidelines
Those eligible for charity care adjustments will be notified in writing. If you have questions about charity care, please call 605-353-6233. For South Dakota residents only, call 1-800-529-0115 ext. 233.
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