Tuesday, September 21, 2010

how long can a doctor's office bill you?

ok. i had infertility treatments fully a year ago that were covered by my insurance, but some parts were not covered, and so i have paid for those. however, it seems that i am now being re-billed for the same things that i have already paid for. initially i had a lot of trouble simply getting them to submit the claims to the insurance, and some were denied because they submitted them so late. they said they would ';eat'; those bills. hmmmm.... but are they now billing me for them instead?

in addition, the supervisor of billing has told me many times that i am paid in full. so why do bills keep coming?

i think that there are two possibilities for this:

1. insurance may have initially covered some things and now backed out

2. i am being double-billed.

is there any way i can get this checked out by someone more official? like a patient advocate? an insurance ombudsman?

thanks for any help.