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I repeat, 4 years and I have not gotten all my fathers medical bills taken care of. I have 3 spiral notebooks on my desk to keep notes of every phonecall(one for each insurer). I am a college dropout, yet I can do my taxes no problem. Untangle insurance, not so much. Thank god for my fathers old union, who I can turn to every so often, and who does get things done for me on this.
Nothing quite as frustrating as calling one company on a bill, being told that another insurance company handles it, calling the other, being told the first handles it, asking them to call the first and explain this, and being told that they are not allowed to do that.
This happens with regularity. As a provider, I see this all the time. I am still waiting to be paid for services from two years ago. I have sent the information 6 times, to 4 different buildings and to the direct office of someone I spoke to. No one has ever "received" the information. :roll: This is the game they play in the hope that the provider/subscriber will just give up, allowing the insurance company to not have to pay for services. Happens all the time. In my practice we are owed thousands and thousands via scams like this. This is a big reason why many practitioners that I know are dropping out of most, if not all insurance plans.