Livid

So guess what was left in my door yesterday?????

A freakin summons!!!!!!!!

I can't tolerate Brookhaven hospital. They said everything was ok, that my insurance from back then covered everything except my deductable. which is fine. I have no problem with paying my deductable. But........ I read this summons for almost $10,000!!!!!!!!!!!! You HAVE to be kidding me!!!!!!!!!!!

Like I need this crap now.. I have gnough stress i don't need to argue this again. I did this back in Feb and everything was situated, now they do it again. What a freakin pain in the a$$..


Sorry.. vent over.. now i have to call these nimrods and flip balls..

i hope it gets cleared up quickly!

Ugh the attorney was such a a-hole!!!!!!!

The date he gave me was when i had insurance!!!!!!!!!! I didn't have the card then because it was 2 days after I was put on it , but they got the info sent to them one I received my card... I told this douche about that and he tells me 'Well theres nothing y ou can do'.. Bull crap.. You can submit it to the insurance com pany, thats what happened before when brookhaven screwed up their work. Oy!!!!

Now this dude is telling me to pay $1000 a month... Are you kidding me???? I feel like vomiting right now.. i am so pissed

I just got a bill in the mail for $12,000 from my bunyon surgery 2 years ago.

I had insurance, and still do. There was a mix up with the insurance paying, so the hospital thought they would bill me. They thought by coming after me *i* would facilitate them getting paid.

A$$holes.

You need to be proactive about this.

1. Find out from the hospital if it was paid.

2. Call your insurance. Find out if this was billed, and if they paid. There is a 'scam' of sorts going on where the hospital bills the insurance and the still bill you. It is ILLEGAL ofr them to take assignment from insurance, then bill you for the rest.

Basically you need to do your research. WRITE DOWN the time you call, who you call, the date. ASK people for their names.

You can get to the bottom of this without the lawyer. You had insurance, they shold have paid.

It took me 2 weeks but I got it all strightened out. Bt I was dilligent with writing down EVERYTHING.

they are fu###ing douchbags!

FM me if you need more advice.

OH! also, *IF* they put it on your credit report, you can get it removed. HIPPA laws require privacy. Medical collections can be removed due to medical privacy laws. You can write/call equifax etc to remove this stuff from your credit report.

So if the lawyer says it will get reported tell him he is a douchbag.

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Posted by Juhgail

I just got a bill in the mail for $12,000 from my bunyon surgery 2 years ago.

I had insurance, and still do. There was a mix up with the insurance paying, so the hospital thought they would bill me. They thought by coming after me *i* would facilitate them getting paid.

A$$holes.

You need to be proactive about this.

1. Find out from the hospital if it was paid.

2. Call your insurance. Find out if this was billed, and if they paid. There is a 'scam' of sorts going on where the hospital bills the insurance and the still bill you. It is ILLEGAL ofr them to take assignment from insurance, then bill you for the rest.

Basically you need to do your research. WRITE DOWN the time you call, who you call, the date. ASK people for their names.

You can get to the bottom of this without the lawyer. You had insurance, they shold have paid.

It took me 2 weeks but I got it all strightened out. Bt I was dilligent with writing down EVERYTHING.

they are fu###ing douchbags!

FM me if you need more advice.

OH! also, *IF* they put it on your credit report, you can get it removed. HIPPA laws require privacy. Medical collections can be removed due to medical privacy laws. You can write/call equifax etc to remove this stuff from your credit report.

So if the lawyer says it will get reported tell him he is a douchbag.

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The attorney was acting as though even if I had insurance during that time it was to late.. But i explained the last time this happened they got the right info for the insurance carrier I had then and it was paid by the insurance compy..


This 'attorney' was like well i have it confiirmed that you work at so and so as of 2/19/09.. I'm like excuse me well your records are wrong because I haven't worked there since 10/06.. So if you were under the impression I was getting insurance from them during the time your wrong.. i had it else where and Brookhaven was fully aware of that...

I want to knock this guy out, he was beyond rude. and he screwed up and didn't even take responsibilty for it.

yeah tell him 'you are a douchebag, douchbag!'

Anyway, do your own investigation. It looks liek THEY billed the wrong insurance.

Do YOUR due dillagence. Ignore the Atty. Call your insurance. Call the hospital. See who the hospital billed.

I dont know what kind of recourse you have if THEY billed the wrong insurance. But you need to start your investigation and see what REALLY happeneing.

Thats what I had to do.

Anyone know how I would go about reporting a attorney ? Like is there a better business burrow for them??



Also...

I spoke with the carrier.. i was covered. The hospital is bound to a contract which states that they should never bill a client for any services when they are covered by the carrier. So the hospital broke contract =).

The bad news is... The attorney is a flying a-hole. Was basically telling me was lying, that if I want to say i was covered then I can go to court. but I don't need to.. The carrier said they should have never brought this to me and that I am ok. Now I have to report this moron, because some of the things he said to me were beyond inappropiate.

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Posted by MrsGarcia

Anyone know how I would go about reporting a attorney ? Like is there a better business burrow for them??

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I think you can report misconduct to the bar association.... anyone know if this is right/wrong?

you should be able to report him to the bar of the state he practices in.

You ALSO need to write a letter to the CEO of brookhaven hospital. Make sure they know whats going on.

Im glad you followed up! But make sure you follow through with the summons! Dont ignore it.

because the claim he has is what is called a retail claim you have certain rights. Your rights are covered by the FDCPA. It protects the consumer rights. Google it and if he made any of the violations as per the act you can get compensation.

I wish I had more time and could help you. I am an atty and worked in collection law for a few years so I know quite a bit. If you are still having problems when I get back from my HM on the 14th FM me and Ill help you.

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Posted by alli3131

because the claim he has is what is called a retail claim you have certain rights. Your rights are covered by the FDCPA. It protects the consumer rights. Google it and if he made any of the violations as per the act you can get compensation.

I wish I had more time and could help you. I am an atty and worked in collection law for a few years so I know quite a bit. If you are still having problems when I get back from my HM on the 14th FM me and Ill help you.

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Oh my.. Thank you so much!! Hopefully everything will be ok by then. He threatened me telling me 'You can claim you had insurance and take us to a trail.. But theres a 90% change you'll lose' .. I told him I know I did and I just want him to give me my $1000 back until things are situated. He then told me ' Fine I'll give it back and I'll make sure the merit is signed today and you'll have much more money to pay after that'

He seriously treated me horrible. Thank god i contacted the carrier again and they told me not to stress out its ok that the hospital violated their contract by billing me, and not contacting them until numberous months later.

Now its time to report this attorney. I would never want anyone else to be treated the way I was. I kept my cool with him until the very end when he called me a liar and what not. Then I lost it.