Hospital Billing Fraud

lilith663 asked:

I’ve worked in insurance & the medical field & the fraud that goes on is a huge cause of high ins costs. More should be done to crack down on the people & institutions committing the fraud.

In the hospital I worked at, during a surgery case you maybe used two strips of elastoplast to hold a dressing on. The patient is charged for the whole role. This was also the case with regular tape.

My friend had a C-section & had to pay it all for lack of ins. She went over the bill & got $700 taken off it. They had charged her for a certain medication 3 x a day & she only took 2 pills. They charged her for sitz baths for her episiotomy, which she never had because she had a c-section. She found a few other discrepancies also. If you don’t see your bill, your ins co may be being charged for things you didn’t even receive.

People who milk dbl and workers comp claims are ridiculous. They don’t show up for exams causing more paperwork, etc., all costing money.

medicaid billing fraud

pantagruel asked:

Insurance only covers you if you or your employer pays for it.
When you get so sick that you lose your job,the ins. stops as well ! All you’re covered for, is just the original health problem. Don’t come down with anything else ! You won’t be covered !
Unless you are very wealthy, you’ll have to go on Medi-Care or Soc. Sec. ! Then you can have only 1 car, 1 house,and no more than $2,000 in the bank ! If you go over the $ limit,you lose benifits ! So if you get cancer and live,…you will never be able to get ins. again.! Don’t get sick or break a bone..you’re not covered ! Does that sound fair? Everthing you have worked for and saved up,will be GONE ! It’s a scam !
how do you pay for COBRA? When you’re on disabity you can’t work,and you can’t have much in the form of assets.We’re living it !
h ow is cancer and never being able to get ins. again, just sreading DRAMA? This is my life experience. Death is a drama !
The way S.S. is set up, you’re better off if your NOT married.

physical therapy billing

mercedesofladies34 asked:

the Dr. said it was by “accident” but it was still happening that he would mark off services on the docuscan. Isnt that ins. fraud? can i get in trouble if i bill something that was charged but not done?

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chris k asked:


My son was hospitalized in 05 and the bills were sent to the ins. co. with me (his mother) as the pt. My ins. co started to pay but then received bills in my sons name. There were many double billing errs. After some time, this mess was rectifyed. My ins. company paid the allowed amts on all hospital and doctor bills and we paid our co-pay.

Time passed, about 8 months, when my son got a call from a collection agent stating he owed more money. When we attempted to get a copy of the billing statement the MD office stated that it had been sent to collection; we should contact them. We have made numerous calls and are always put on hold for an extended perior of time or sent to a full voice mail box. We would pay the amt. if we only knew what we were paying. What recourse do we have? Chris

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