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Post by elviper on Oct 10, 2007 22:33:52 GMT -5
Through my own investigation, it is illegal to bill anyone for services at a physicians office or hospital unless that person signed the dotted line stating they would be responsible. This is not true with Carolinas Medical. If you have insurance that covers other family members and they use your medical card with your name on it, you are stuck with the bill. Carolinas Medical has repeatedly done this to us. They will not change the billing to the correct person. This has happened to us several times. Because the insurance card has my husbands name on it, they do not go through the trouble to see who signed stating they are responsible for payment. He is divorced and carrys his son on his insurance. I spoke with the billing department at several doctors office and they verified it was illegal. So how do they keep getting away with it? If you call and ask questions, they are very rude and absolutely refuse to check it out. The same treatment if you are face to face. So, tell me folks, what can be done to expose them? Giving them your insurance card is like giving them a credit card to have fun with. This practice is not right. I hope someone with authority reads this, checks it out and corrects it. A lot of people are being ripped off.
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Post by lala girl on Oct 11, 2007 7:07:39 GMT -5
If his sons are considered minors then he is probably responsible as the primary insurance holder.
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Post by chrissy on Oct 11, 2007 8:29:53 GMT -5
i agree with you. carliona medical center is horriable. their staff is very rude and not very helpful at all. I myself have had several problems with them in regards to billing and when ever you call no one seems to know anything they just want their money.
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Post by jac on Nov 1, 2007 11:40:45 GMT -5
I too have had problems - the child is 20 years old and somewhat estranged due to drugs, etc., but he has shown up at the hospital and signed the paperwork and yet we start getting calls for the bills. I would be curious to know exactly what we are responsible for or NOT responsible for. We feel obligated to cover the insurance for the child, but not bills for treatment that we did not authorize. It's definitely a catch 22. I guess one solution would be to pay for an individual policy once the child reaches 18 and this would keep your name out of it.  |
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Post by slappy on Apr 9, 2008 23:04:54 GMT -5
JAC, the deal with that is CMC has an extensive data base, every time some one is seen in the ED they are registered, even if the info is 10 years old, if at any time you were listed as the responcable party ( i.e. the person is your child and was a minor and was seen at any cmc facility while living with you ) then you will get the bill.
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