Question:
Is anyone having trouble getting insurance sent by doc's office once they have all?

Is anyone having trouble getting their doc's office to send to insurance company after they have all info? I keep getting put off,,,been 3 weeks..is that a long time? All I want them to do is get it sent!    — Patti O. (posted on June 29, 2002)

June 29, 2002
Took me a few weeks and hounding them every day. I'm sure they can't wait until my surgery is over and I'm healed so they don't have to hear from me again! I don't know why it's got to be this way. Nelly
   — Nell C.

June 29, 2002
My surgeon's office told me it would be two weeks from my appt. until they submitted to insurance. It actually took four weeks, and might have taken longer if I had not started calling at two weeks, and every few days after! Later I found out at my support group that it took six weeks for some patients' letters to go out. I know their office is very busy, and I thought they had to wait for records from my pcp, but it turns out they do not send these unless the insurance asks for them. The only thing that makes sense to me is that the surgeon wants to space out the surgeries. Maybe they only submit so many each week so they can have surgeries scheduled so far out on the calendar? It's just a letter, and probably a standard form letter at that, so I can't imagine what takes so long! Good luck to you. Ginger
   — Ginger N.

June 29, 2002
MY advice to you is be a mega pest. Some times doctors slack off on writing refreals or requests to insurance companys. I got them to send in my paper work in 1 week. Let me tell you everyone in that office knows my name and my face by heart. I won't stand for my paper work to collect dust on the doctors desk.
   — sheri B.