Thanks! There have been a few updates since I received the Appeal..
First - my boss is an acquaintance of the hospital administrator (my boss is a state rep). After receiving the appeal, I let him speak to her about what had happened. She was adamant that they had sold the debt, but my boss...
Received the Appeal in the mail today...Please help.
Yep - received the Appeal in the mail today. I didn't even get 48 hours of peace. You would think that with being beaten in court by a person representing themselves that you wouldn't want to go to State Court for a $1600 principle. How do...
Update!
Today was my court date. I represented myself, and the hospital's lawyer had a witness.
I WON!!!
The judge actually has worked with this particular attorney a lot (it appears that the hospital sues A LOT) and he made the statement that he normally doesn't rule against the lawyer...
Yes - I agree. But now what I'm concerned with is this new bill with all these different charges on it (even though the total is still the same). Can I ask to have that bill thrown out of evidence as it was changed?
Yes - I spoke to the claims adjusting department supervisor and the liaison for the insurance companies. Got the same response from both - no records to be found.
That there were no records at all that they could give me. There was no new EOB that they could send to me, there was no formal request for the change that they could send to me, all they had was some notes in their computer system that a code was changed and therefore my portion was increased...
Here's the entire story:
I had a medical procedure 04/05/2010. Received notice on 04/11/10 of $16,226.00 for total charges from hospital being sent to insurance. Received EOB from insurance on 04/29/10 confirming $16,226.00 and my portion would be $396.71. Received bill from hospital on...
Yes - supposedly per the insurance company's request, the hospital re-billed (six months after the initial billing and payment). However - the total charge did not change by one penny. What changed were: different medications had been added to the new bill that were not on the initial bill...
cbg - yes, the original bill was submitted to the insurance company. They paid their portion and sent me an EOB that showed my portion owed. I then received an original bill from the hospital showing my portion owed being the same as on the EOB, so I paid it. Supposedly, six months later the...
Thanks, army judge. That's what I thought - if they pull out this "second bill" and try to enter it into evidence, then I will start asking the questions of where did that charge come from? Why did this charge go away? Why did the quantities change for these charges?
I am going to court Thursday regarding a hospital bill I supposedly owe. The service was 04/05/2010, and just TODAY I received what the lawyer is considering the validation of the debt (that I have been requesting in writing and by phone since 02/2011). (Note - my first bill showed my portion...
Thank you so much, army judge! I did ask the insurance company to send me all paperwork pertaining to the claim, and they said that they have nothing at all that they can send me - not even the information on the out-of-pocket maximum because the records don't exist anymore. I know I was...
I had a medical procedure 04/05/2010. Received notice on 04/11/10 of $16,226.00 for total charges from hospital being sent to insurance. Received EOB from insurance on 04/29/10 confirming $16,226.00 and my portion would be $396.71. Received bill from hospital on 05/17/2010 that I owed...