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I had mallet finger once. Went to a doctor in a nearby hospital (this is pre-doctor's care places on every corner). He saw me, gave me a plastic splint and said

I had mallet finger once. Went to a doctor in a nearby hospital (this is pre-doctor's care places on every corner). He saw me, gave me a plastic splint and said don't let your finger bend for 8 weeks and it should be fine. It was. Then I got the bill which insurance paid. The hospital decided to code it as a broken limb and everything that goes along with it, xrays (which I didn't have), plaster cast (which I didn't have), etc... Even though insurance paid, this sort of thing just pisses me off. So, I spent hours on the phone getting it fixed which made the bill maybe 1/4 of what is was originally.

handrous 5y ago
Having dealt with them enough, now, I'm entirely sure that the average hospital billing department sufficiently resembles an organized criminal enterprise that a whole bunch of the people involved would be behind bars, in any remotely just world. There is no fucking way the rate of "errors" they commit can be accounted for by actual, honest mistakes.
- matwood 5y ago
  Oh, I have more lol. I had a legitimate ER visit for some stitches. At the visit I gave them my insurance, credit card, address, etc... When leaving I asked if there was anything else I owed? Nope. Fast forward 12 months and I get a letter from collections for ~$500. WTF is this? I never received a bill from the hospital. It took me a bit to even realize where this might be coming from. Once again, this type of stuff annoys me, so I call collections. "It's not much just pay it" - they cut it like $100. Not going to happen. So I wrote them and the hospital asking for the bill details which neither could produce and the delinquent bill was cleared. I rarely go to any ER type care and I have 2 stories of bills being f'd up. So yeah, the rate of errors seems beyond that of simple mistakes.

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I had mallet finger once. Went to a doctor in a nearby hospital (this is pre-doctor's care places on every corner). He saw me, gave me a plastic splint and said

by matwood 5y ago

handrous 5y ago
Having dealt with them enough, now, I'm entirely sure that the average hospital billing department sufficiently resembles an organized criminal enterprise that a whole bunch of the people involved would be behind bars, in any remotely just world. There is no fucking way the rate of "errors" they commit can be accounted for by actual, honest mistakes.
- matwood 5y ago
  Oh, I have more lol. I had a legitimate ER visit for some stitches. At the visit I gave them my insurance, credit card, address, etc... When leaving I asked if there was anything else I owed? Nope. Fast forward 12 months and I get a letter from collections for ~$500. WTF is this? I never received a bill from the hospital. It took me a bit to even realize where this might be coming from. Once again, this type of stuff annoys me, so I call collections. "It's not much just pay it" - they cut it like $100. Not going to happen. So I wrote them and the hospital asking for the bill details which neither could produce and the delinquent bill was cleared. I rarely go to any ER type care and I have 2 stories of bills being f'd up. So yeah, the rate of errors seems beyond that of simple mistakes.