http://www.preemieprimer.com/do-everything-right-and-still-go-to-collections/ A guide from a doctor and Mom Sun, 13 Nov 2011 01:35:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.preemieprimer.com/do-everything-right-and-still-go-to-collections/comment-page-1/#comment-3591 jenna Thu, 20 Jan 2011 23:41:53 +0000 http://www.preemieprimer.com/?p=75#comment-3591 i am going through the same thing right now. I needed an emergency root canal done at the dentist so i went to one by our house. They knew i was a new patient and got all of my information including my insurance. They kept telling me they were having trouble verifying my insurance. Finally they verified it and said everything was good and i came in for my appointment. Now, at my regular dentist i do not pay anything up front. They bill my insurance and send me the bill for the copay at a later date. So i am at this new office and I am called into the room where I have several lidocaine shots and x-rays done so obviously the procedure is already in process.....then as i the dentist is about to start drilling, the receptionist came in and told me that she needed me to pay $300 for the copay, i didn't have that in my account so i had to call up my husbad and have him transfer money into my account just so i could have the procedure finished. i would have had needles in my mouth for nothing and then would've received a bill for the lidocaine anyways. Well, about a month later i received a bill for $1000 saying my insurance denied. The receptionist at the dentist told me that my insurance needed to verify that i was still in school..so i faxed over my proof of enrollment and asked them to resubmit. I didn't hear anything so i thought it was taken care of. Well the next bill i got was from collections and since i didn't fee responsible for paying it i haven't. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I feel that the receptionist should have gone over my copay and insurance with me, or atleast told me how much their services were. If I had any idea that it cost 1300 for one root canal and that i had to pay $300 upfront I would have just suffered the pain and waited to get into my regular dentist. Now I have a letter saying my debt has gone to a lawyer and that they will sue me if i don't pay, not to mention all the harassing phoen calls i have received from collectors telling me i am a piece of %#$@ and that i can go to jail for not paying them. Is there anything I can do to get this straightened out. I have proof that i was in school at the time, but i don't think my insurance should have to pay either since the dentist office is the one who screwed up. Any advice? i am going through the same thing right now. I needed an emergency root canal done at the dentist so i went to one by our house. They knew i was a new patient and got all of my information including my insurance. They kept telling me they were having trouble verifying my insurance. Finally they verified it and said everything was good and i came in for my appointment. Now, at my regular dentist i do not pay anything up front. They bill my insurance and send me the bill for the copay at a later date. So i am at this new office and I am called into the room where I have several lidocaine shots and x-rays done so obviously the procedure is already in process…..then as i the dentist is about to start drilling, the receptionist came in and told me that she needed me to pay $300 for the copay, i didn’t have that in my account so i had to call up my husbad and have him transfer money into my account just so i could have the procedure finished. i would have had needles in my mouth for nothing and then would’ve received a bill for the lidocaine anyways. Well, about a month later i received a bill for $1000 saying my insurance denied. The receptionist at the dentist told me that my insurance needed to verify that i was still in school..so i faxed over my proof of enrollment and asked them to resubmit. I didn’t hear anything so i thought it was taken care of. Well the next bill i got was from collections and since i didn’t fee responsible for paying it i haven’t. Correct me if I’m wrong, but I feel that the receptionist should have gone over my copay and insurance with me, or atleast told me how much their services were. If I had any idea that it cost 1300 for one root canal and that i had to pay $300 upfront I would have just suffered the pain and waited to get into my regular dentist. Now I have a letter saying my debt has gone to a lawyer and that they will sue me if i don’t pay, not to mention all the harassing phoen calls i have received from collectors telling me i am a piece of %#$@ and that i can go to jail for not paying them. Is there anything I can do to get this straightened out. I have proof that i was in school at the time, but i don’t think my insurance should have to pay either since the dentist office is the one who screwed up. Any advice?

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