xp - Post-op insurance problem part 3
For those of you following my post op insurance woes...here's the latest...
Nothing is resolved yet. Although HR is supposed to update me tomorrow on their progress dealing with United Health Care (and I told the doctor's office this last week), the dr's office still called me on Friday to see if I had taken care of the bill (yeah, in 10 days when they couldn't get anything done for over 4 months!). I reminded them that I wouldn't have any information until Tuesday. So what did they do? They sent me the bill ... for $40,662.00...which I received today.
Yeah, like they are gonna see a dime of that any time soon from me!
I am so fed up with the harrassment from my doctor's office and my doctor's attitude about this more than anything. I am seriously considering not going to my 6 month post-op appointment and seeing my endocrinologist and PCP instead. All the WLS doc is going to do is order blood tests (and not nearly as many as my endocriniogist would order anyhow) and tell me what supplements to take (and often times I get better info on OH or from my endo for that too! For example I was told to take 2 tums for the rest of my life for calcium...and we know how incorrect THAT is!!!). So if I have no complications, why bother with the stress of seeing them and dealing with their b.s.?????????
Can you tell I am p.o.'d??? And this is MILD!
Here is a prior post for those of you who are interested in what's been going on:
http://www.obesityhelp.com/forums/rny/3854089/XP-post-op-ins urance-problem-update/
Nothing is resolved yet. Although HR is supposed to update me tomorrow on their progress dealing with United Health Care (and I told the doctor's office this last week), the dr's office still called me on Friday to see if I had taken care of the bill (yeah, in 10 days when they couldn't get anything done for over 4 months!). I reminded them that I wouldn't have any information until Tuesday. So what did they do? They sent me the bill ... for $40,662.00...which I received today.
Yeah, like they are gonna see a dime of that any time soon from me!
I am so fed up with the harrassment from my doctor's office and my doctor's attitude about this more than anything. I am seriously considering not going to my 6 month post-op appointment and seeing my endocrinologist and PCP instead. All the WLS doc is going to do is order blood tests (and not nearly as many as my endocriniogist would order anyhow) and tell me what supplements to take (and often times I get better info on OH or from my endo for that too! For example I was told to take 2 tums for the rest of my life for calcium...and we know how incorrect THAT is!!!). So if I have no complications, why bother with the stress of seeing them and dealing with their b.s.?????????
Can you tell I am p.o.'d??? And this is MILD!
Here is a prior post for those of you who are interested in what's been going on:
http://www.obesityhelp.com/forums/rny/3854089/XP-post-op-ins urance-problem-update/
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