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Allison Harrison

Allison Harrison is a senior writer at Biology Insights reporting on patient advocacy and medical billing disputes. She spent years in healthcare administration auditing hospital billing records and reviewing patient charges. Across 13 years around clinical billing departments, Harrison has explained how coding mistakes happen and how patients can contest surprise hospital fees. She received a bachelor of science in health administration and lives in Cleveland, Ohio.

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