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In reply to the discussion: I Went To The Accts Payable Dept Of The Hospital Yesterday To Pay My Mom's Bill's And Found This.... [View all]former9thward
(32,121 posts)10. You will be part of the problem if you pay unjust bills.
I went through this when my father passed and all sorts of bills arrived that were basically fake. Unless they could prove they provided the service I did not pay.
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I Went To The Accts Payable Dept Of The Hospital Yesterday To Pay My Mom's Bill's And Found This.... [View all]
global1
Nov 2012
OP
They do this I think because insurance vampires make reimbursements as difficult as possible
libtodeath
Nov 2012
#1
Based on my experience, absolutely correct. & Those scammers ARE mixed in there with legit stuff. nt
patrice
Nov 2012
#3
There Are Assets - Not Much - But I'm For Paying What's Rightly Needed To Be Paid.....
global1
Nov 2012
#8
You better wait until you see what that balance is. I wouldn't pay anything for awhile.
Hoyt
Nov 2012
#39
medicare always lets us know what they have paid, adn what the totla was. In other words the medicar
robinlynne
Nov 2012
#46
Unless you cosigned to pay for her care, or unless you are the executor of her estate, not yours.
FarCenter
Nov 2012
#6
I got bills from six different sources after I had a hernia repaired in 2006
slackmaster
Nov 2012
#14
If we have single payer health care, they'll consolidate the billing departments?
hughee99
Nov 2012
#16
There are none of those things in England or France. how they track expensees I dont know.
robinlynne
Nov 2012
#56
Labs are often off-site. Anaesthesiologists are independent., as, I think, are radiologists.
WinkyDink
Nov 2012
#25
In some cases, the docs are in an association that owns the lab, imaging facility, etc.
FarCenter
Nov 2012
#33
Gee you all are scaring me to death. Effective Jan I will start Medicare and my secondary
southernyankeebelle
Nov 2012
#27
I chose my current dr. in part because they do the bloodwork in the office.
BlueMan Votes
Nov 2012
#44
Write a letter to the hospital admins that until you get an itemized statement....
OldDem2012
Nov 2012
#32
Watch that you don't get charged for an ambulance ride that your mother never took. A well-known
Raine
Nov 2012
#55
There are plenty of people here who are helping you with your bill question.
reflection
Nov 2012
#57