Dealing with health bill/collection agency
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Not any more.....
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1.) Pay your effing bill
2.) Sue the dickhead specialist
Dealing with health bill/collection agency
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http://www.medicalbillingschool.org/blog/unfair-medical-billing-practices
http://www.foxbusiness.com/personal-finance/2011/03/29/fight-bogus-charges-medical-bills/
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Dealing with health bill/collection agency
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Have you checked your credit score it is possible they have just written the debt off as bad and been done with it. As has been stated some places that have a lot of debt tend to have in house...
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Pay your bills, deadbeat!
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It's been 2+ years. Odds are they would have taken them to court by now. And they could try to dispute the case but unfortunately they had the tests redone. The hospital (who didn't get the...
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As to the idea that the collection agency paid pennies on the dollar for this debt--don't bet on it. It is a very real possibility you're not dealing with an agency separate from the hospital. ...
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It seems to me that the pregnancy specialist who didn't forward the records should be responsible for the costs of the tests that had to be redone. Of course, proving that they were requested and...
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Sounds to me like you are disputing whether you owe the bill. Stick to your guns and tell them to prove it. I'd personally tell them to sue me and not to call again unless it was an attorney calling....
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I'm not sure how medical debt affects your credit score. It's kinda gray area. When you deal with the hospital, you won't haggle the final bill with them. You will only collect information (like...
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Really appreciate the input.
Got the itemized bill already, but it's meaningless to me. We never found out why the records never arrived. At this point, the date of those...
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:iagree: You need a detailed bill (it will be lengthy) from the hospital. Unfortunately with insurance they may only cover the cost of one test - presumably the first set run by the specialist.
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Call the hospital billing and ask for an itemized bill. You want very specific, detailed info on this bill, not one of those $1600 for services rendered bills. Then find out why the records were...
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Long story but I'll try and abbreviate it.
Wife went to pregnancy specialist during pregnancy, had a bunch of specialized tests done. Then switched to midwife program in a popular hospital in our...
