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*thank dog I am in Alberta, thank dog I am in Alberta*
This is all I can think when I read about this kind of stuff, I am sorry.
My mom went to the hospitol recently because she had a tick-born virus, and the hospitol sent us TWO bills, one for my mom, and then another for my dad, even though he was never sick and was never their patient!
Bloody ‘ell. You just have to wonder where these people were when the basic decency was handed out. 👿
With the move and all, I need to find a new doctor, new dentist, new ophthalmologist, new chiro, yadda yadda yadda. I know for a fact that my old chiro’s office used to charge my insurance buckets more than they ever charged me when I was paying for it, but they pretended that the difference was due to a “cash discount”. I guess they were into cheating the insurance companies too. And people at the office used to gripe about their insurance premiums going up. Wonder why?! 😡 So I just hope I can find a doctor and etc. that’s both competent and honest. Hard enough knowing if one is competent . . . although one generally finds out the hard way, eventually.
Best of luck to you, purpledoggy, and don’t let these buggers buffalo you. Go get ’em! You’ve got your receipts: this may be paranoid of me, but by gosh don’t let the originals out of your hands! If the billing office wants proof, give ’em copies. I wouldn’t trust those characters any further than I could throw ’em.
What a mess… I feel so bad that this happened to you you purpledoggy! 🙁 Actually, the insurance company should be the one contacting your doctr’s office about this… not you! They need to provide them with the check number, and they should also have record of when the check was cashed by the office. The insurance company needs to fight for you too. Double billing by a participating provider is a big NO NO! I used to work for a health insurance company, and had many members call me during the 3 years I worked there with this exact type of situation. If they are participating with your plan… they must refund you everything but your patient responsibility!
If your doctor’s office gives you any crap when you try to speak with them about this… you need to get your health insurance company to call them.
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