a lawsuit
the cost of lawsuit
the seriousness of the prblem
the seriousiness of the problem
the series of the problem
Depends on who's asking. If you're the patient's healthcare provider and you delay providing medical records to either the patient or another healthcare provider who is treating her, you risk of running afoul of HIPAA, which requires a reasonably prompt response time, and additionally run the risk of a lawsuit if the delay causes a problem with the patient's treatment.
In Illinois, if the provider did not accept the patient as a Medicaid patient, the provider may bill the patient.
That is correct, HIPPA provides security that a provider or biller must protect against any reasonably anticipated threats or hazard to the security or integrity of the patient data.
A provider is not required to accept Medicaid or private insurance. However, if the provider indicated to you that s/he was doing so in your case, there's at least an ethical problem. In Illinois, a provider who accepts a patient as Medicaid cannot bill the patient if Medicaid fails to pay due to the provider's negligence in billing.
malfeasance
deductible mean patient should pay pearticular amount to the provider, before provider start treting the patient.
the anesthesia provider directs movement of the patient
Whether a patient who doesn't have a copayment must be rescheduled is probably a matter between the patient and the provider.
No.
If the provider is out of network or not contracted with the secondary insurance, they do no have to bill the secondary and the patient is responsible for the balance (if any) owing
That's entirely up to the provider.
In some states, you cannot bill the patient if you accepted her/him as a Medicaid patient.