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Not really, same idea. Hospitals want to recover as much as they can with as little headache. Coming from a lawyer vs trying to negotiate yourself just means "I
by chucksta 3y ago
Not really, same idea. Hospitals want to recover as much as they can with as little headache. Coming from a lawyer vs trying to negotiate yourself just means "I can actually make this difficult for you, play ball"
- ballenf 3y agoIn the case of a death or bankruptcy, yes it does work. There is a hard cutoff date and if they miss it the debt is uncollectible. It does not work for the living.
- chucksta 3y agoI should have been more specific, or understood the question more generally as "can you actually negotiate with the hospital on your bills?"
- nfriedly 3y agoYou can do this, even as a living person. I once got a $10k bill reduced to $700. (It took a lot of back-and-forth, but it was worth it.)
- mud_dauber 3y agoWe're about to find out too. Dad passed 8 months ago; we got a $1500 hospital bill last week (just after the probate window closed) w/o explanation or description of services rendered.
- nfriedly 3y agoThat sounds to me like the hospital screwed up and is asking for charity. If the probate window is closed before they sent the bill (check the postmark date), then I don't think you owe them anything.