[Magdalen] Insurance screw-up.

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

I'd say, email them, "Come an' just TRY to get me, suckers!!" but you can't
email them, so no joy there....


James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
*“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy

On Mon, Oct 3, 2016 at 1:37 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:

> I keep getting messages from a healthcare outfit in Kansas for someone
> named Colleen. I have tried to stop them and/or redirect them but they come
> from a "noreply" address and when I click on their link there's no place to
> contact them to let them know they are sending the messages to the wrong
> person. These are often for appointment reminders and suchlike, and I
> wonder if Colleen is getting them at all.
>
> On Mon, Oct 3, 2016 at 1:23 PM, Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > I often question the accuracy of the CPT codes that were entered by
> > the biller...I think a lot of procedures are entered at a higher level
> > (longer office visit or more intense treatment) than reality would
> > seem to dictate.
> >
> > But I've also stopped (mostly) panicking about an EOB, especially when
> > it shows I will owe something I don't think I should owe. Typically
> > things are magically resolved before the actual bill. That's when I
> > panic (and complain). :)
> >
> > On Mon, Oct 3, 2016 at 11:46 AM, M J _Mike_ Logsdon <mjl at ix.netcom.com>
> > wrote:
> > > During this calendar year, I've had many strange things show up on my
> > explanations of benefit (EOBs) regarding my Stanford song and dance, but
> > they've always been Stanford's fault and they get fixed behind the scenes
> > with no botheration from me.
> > >
> > > This weekend I got one showing a couple charges (outpatient services
> and
> > x-ray) for date of service 06/13 at the UCSF Medical Center.  First, I
> was
> > at work on 06/13, and second, I haven't been to the UCSF medical center
> in
> > San Francisco since 1998 (and that was for Everett, not me).  I called
> Blue
> > Cross and explained this, and was very nicely told it would be fixed and
> > I'd get a call back before close of business Friday.
> > >
> > > Since insurance is all electronic these days, at least in terms of
> > coding and billing, I wonder how someone else's medical care intersected
> > with mine for just long enough for me to get his or her charge?
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Scott R. Knitter
> > Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA
> >
>