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LuvMySissy · 03-18-2010, 01:25 PM

Patti - what a nightmare hospital billing can be!!!! When you visit the ER, you will always receive seperate billing statements;
1. from the hospital itself
2. from the ER physician's billing group (which is separate from the hospital)
3. possible separate bill from an outside lab/xray

Medicare is getting notorious for denying everything in the hope that people don't know what to do!!!

Every single billing agency has the ability to review charges and make adjustments based on the patients' ability to pay. However, many people don't know how to access this or whom to talk to. For a hospital, always ask for the patient advocate. For a physician, lab or xray billing, ask to speak to a billing supervisor. Unforunately, unless you are unemployed and uninsured with other monthly bills that far exceed any income, many are not going to work with you.

I hope you get this resolved. It is ridiculous for an medicare approved facility to use physicians are who are medicare providers, knowing they bill separately!!!!

03-18-2010, 01:25 PM	#16
LuvMySissy Luv my Angel, too! Donating Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: USA Posts: 9,333	Patti - what a nightmare hospital billing can be!!!! When you visit the ER, you will always receive seperate billing statements; 1. from the hospital itself 2. from the ER physician's billing group (which is separate from the hospital) 3. possible separate bill from an outside lab/xray Medicare is getting notorious for denying everything in the hope that people don't know what to do!!! Every single billing agency has the ability to review charges and make adjustments based on the patients' ability to pay. However, many people don't know how to access this or whom to talk to. For a hospital, always ask for the patient advocate. For a physician, lab or xray billing, ask to speak to a billing supervisor. Unforunately, unless you are unemployed and uninsured with other monthly bills that far exceed any income, many are not going to work with you. I hope you get this resolved. It is ridiculous for an medicare approved facility to use physicians are who are medicare providers, knowing they bill separately!!!! __________________ Sissy & Angel