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ErikA4242
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- Jurisdiction
- Wisconsin
Hello,
My wife was having a baby at our home and per the midwife's recommendation we transferred to a local hospital.
The delivery went well and the baby was healthy, however because of the time of day their was not a resident doctor on staff and we were told that we needed to wait until a resident doctor arrived so that we could be discharged.
At no point in time were we made aware that being "discharged" is a billable service, and had we known that it was a billable service we would have left the hospital against medical advice (AMA). We had repeatedly declined other services that were billable services (Ibuprofen, meals etc) - our only intention at the hospital was to use the echo-cardiogram. To use the echo-cardiogram we needed the service of the on-staff doctors and nurses. Those charges were completely agreeable and paid for.
It is the hospitals policy that only a resident doctor can discharge a patient. We stayed as a courtesy to the hospital until they had completed their "service" - unbeknownst to us that "discharge" was a specific and extra billable service.
What are my legal options? I have filed a complaint with the BBB earlier today. I have also spoken with the company that employs the resident doctors, to no avail.
I own a pizza restaurant and how I equate this situation is that I brought some pizzas and appetizers to a table, they never ordered it, but now I still expect them to pay for the product because they were in my restaurant.
Thanks,
Erik
My wife was having a baby at our home and per the midwife's recommendation we transferred to a local hospital.
The delivery went well and the baby was healthy, however because of the time of day their was not a resident doctor on staff and we were told that we needed to wait until a resident doctor arrived so that we could be discharged.
At no point in time were we made aware that being "discharged" is a billable service, and had we known that it was a billable service we would have left the hospital against medical advice (AMA). We had repeatedly declined other services that were billable services (Ibuprofen, meals etc) - our only intention at the hospital was to use the echo-cardiogram. To use the echo-cardiogram we needed the service of the on-staff doctors and nurses. Those charges were completely agreeable and paid for.
It is the hospitals policy that only a resident doctor can discharge a patient. We stayed as a courtesy to the hospital until they had completed their "service" - unbeknownst to us that "discharge" was a specific and extra billable service.
What are my legal options? I have filed a complaint with the BBB earlier today. I have also spoken with the company that employs the resident doctors, to no avail.
I own a pizza restaurant and how I equate this situation is that I brought some pizzas and appetizers to a table, they never ordered it, but now I still expect them to pay for the product because they were in my restaurant.
Thanks,
Erik