Got a letter today threatening us with being refferred to a collection agency for $2.26

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45. Had the ER once send me a bill because they sent it to the wrong insurance company.

Last edited Sat Jun 23, 2012, 08:21 AM - Edit history (1)

The got all my current information when I was in the ER. It wasn't my fault that the ER computer didn't update the billing computer.
I noticed on the statement that it was rejected by the previous insurance company from 4 years before, so I called their billing office and told them that they had sent it to the wrong one and to resubmit it to the correct one.
The idiot tried to tell me that they didn't resubmit the bills and it was MY responsibility to get it paid.
I said "so it's MY job to straighten out YOUR error?"
I told them if I had to do their legwork for them then I would submit a bill to them for my time that would be equal to or greater than what they wanted from me.
The clown said "We won't pay it"
I said that then I will turn it over to a collection agency for nonpayment.
I told them they had 3 choices.
1. Resubmit to the proper insurance company
2. Pay me to do thweir work for them
3. Write it off

About a month later I get a statement from them stating it was paid in full by the correct insurance company.