Jessica
Miami,#2Author of original report
Sat, April 03, 2004
well, i did not have access to the insurance information at the time, it was under someone elses name that I did not live with. Unfortunately for the doctors office it is the insurance companies that are not paying the claims (my new doctor says Aetna is notorious for this). If I was ever notified that there was a problem with the insurance not paying I promptly would have paid and/or immediately contacted the insurance company. They must have not wanted thier money too bad because not once did they or the collections company try to contact me (they had my info). My credit report said "paid" under this "collections" item, after I disputed it (because at the time I had no clue what it was), they said "not paid", so something was getting mixed up at the collections office. It was also a shame the people in the doctors office were so completely rude and incompetent since the doctor was a really nice guy. Besides, looking for an "itemized bill" would have been completely out of the question. The man retired, didn't bother to notify his patients, my mom arrived for a walk in visit to find a sign on the door. She never was able to find out where her medical records ended up.
Jessica
Miami,#3Author of original report
Sat, April 03, 2004
well, i did not have access to the insurance information at the time, it was under someone elses name that I did not live with. Unfortunately for the doctors office it is the insurance companies that are not paying the claims (my new doctor says Aetna is notorious for this). If I was ever notified that there was a problem with the insurance not paying I promptly would have paid and/or immediately contacted the insurance company. They must have not wanted thier money too bad because not once did they or the collections company try to contact me (they had my info). My credit report said "paid" under this "collections" item, after I disputed it (because at the time I had no clue what it was), they said "not paid", so something was getting mixed up at the collections office. It was also a shame the people in the doctors office were so completely rude and incompetent since the doctor was a really nice guy. Besides, looking for an "itemized bill" would have been completely out of the question. The man retired, didn't bother to notify his patients, my mom arrived for a walk in visit to find a sign on the door. She never was able to find out where her medical records ended up.
Jessica
Miami,#4Author of original report
Sat, April 03, 2004
well, i did not have access to the insurance information at the time, it was under someone elses name that I did not live with. Unfortunately for the doctors office it is the insurance companies that are not paying the claims (my new doctor says Aetna is notorious for this). If I was ever notified that there was a problem with the insurance not paying I promptly would have paid and/or immediately contacted the insurance company. They must have not wanted thier money too bad because not once did they or the collections company try to contact me (they had my info). My credit report said "paid" under this "collections" item, after I disputed it (because at the time I had no clue what it was), they said "not paid", so something was getting mixed up at the collections office. It was also a shame the people in the doctors office were so completely rude and incompetent since the doctor was a really nice guy. Besides, looking for an "itemized bill" would have been completely out of the question. The man retired, didn't bother to notify his patients, my mom arrived for a walk in visit to find a sign on the door. She never was able to find out where her medical records ended up.
Jessica
Miami,#5Author of original report
Sat, April 03, 2004
well, i did not have access to the insurance information at the time, it was under someone elses name that I did not live with. Unfortunately for the doctors office it is the insurance companies that are not paying the claims (my new doctor says Aetna is notorious for this). If I was ever notified that there was a problem with the insurance not paying I promptly would have paid and/or immediately contacted the insurance company. They must have not wanted thier money too bad because not once did they or the collections company try to contact me (they had my info). My credit report said "paid" under this "collections" item, after I disputed it (because at the time I had no clue what it was), they said "not paid", so something was getting mixed up at the collections office. It was also a shame the people in the doctors office were so completely rude and incompetent since the doctor was a really nice guy. Besides, looking for an "itemized bill" would have been completely out of the question. The man retired, didn't bother to notify his patients, my mom arrived for a walk in visit to find a sign on the door. She never was able to find out where her medical records ended up.
Jodi
Dubuque,#6Consumer Comment
Wed, March 31, 2004
big pet peeve of mine dealing with employees and their insurance issues .... people who don't follow up on their medical claims and then place blame on the doctor's office and insurance administrators. "I assumed everything was fine until a couple years later" <<