I used my medical insurance to pay for a doctor’s visit. 18 months later and the doctor’s office is contacting me for outstanding claims because apparently my medical insurance never paid up. But I was never notified of that? Shouldn’t my medical insurance have sent me a bill?
This is getting me into a lot of trouble now. I’m wondering:
(1) What I can do now to right the situation (I think it’s unfair this visit wasn’t covered at least in partiality, so I want to negotiate.. but at this point it seems like I don’t even have time to negotiate, which also seems very unfair.)
(2) What I can learn from this situation. Should I have done something before? Was it my responsibility to follow up on this kind of stuff? If so, isn’t this part of what I pay insurance for? Shouldn’t they be the ones following up on these things?
The most frustrating thing for me is that I feel like someone should have told me nothing was being paid! This is 18 months after…and all the while I had no clue this was still outstanding. And now I’m being treated like I’m some kind of criminal, with the rate the office keeps hounding me.
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I used my medical insurance to pay for a doctor’s visit. 18 months later and the doctor’s office is contacting me for outstanding claims because apparently my medical insurance never paid up. But I was never notified of that? Shouldn’t my medical insurance have sent me a bill? This is getting me into a lot of trouble now. I’m wondering: (1) What I can do now to right the situation (I think it’s unfair this visit wasn’t covered at least in partiality, so I want to negotiate.. but at this point it seems like I don’t even have time to negotiate, which also seems very unfair.) (2) What I can learn from this situation. Should I have done something before? Was it my responsibility to follow up on this kind of stuff? If so, isn’t this part of what I pay insurance for? Shouldn’t they be the ones following up on these things? The most frustrating thing for me is that I feel like someone should have told me nothing was being paid! This is 18 months after…and all the while I had no clue this was still outstanding. And now I’m being treated like I’m some kind of criminal, with the rate the office keeps hounding me.
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