How do I retreive the money from a large hospital??
2006-09-18 03:12:54 · 8 answers · asked by shellbell 1 in Business & Finance ➔ Personal Finance
Contact your doctor personally (go to his office) and let them know what is going on. If there is still no refund, then I would suggest hiring an attorney. Not a good sign for a hospital to bounce a check! I wouldn't trust them after that with anything....good luck!
2006-09-18 03:15:14 · answer #1 · answered by aloneinga 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Writing a check with insufficient funds is a felony. You want to find out whether it bounced because of ISF. If not find out why. If so Get your paper work and go to the hospital's billing department and ask for the supervisor. Don't leave until you get the replacement check and all your extra fees. Tell them you understand that this must be a mistake. But let them know gently that something that careless can get the person who signs the check in jail and that the newspaper would love to get a hold of the story about the hospital going broke.
2006-09-18 03:35:43 · answer #2 · answered by robert S 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Depending on the amount, if you're in the US your state attorney general probably has a department which deals just in bad checks. They might be willing to help you.
Again, if you're in the US, filing a suit in small claims court might result in a public notice of the situation, which might be embarrasing to the writer of the check. Sometimes just the threat of generating some public information is good enough to get the problem solved.
Do your communications via email, so you have a good record of what you say and what is said to you. If you meet with them in person, take a witness who will be there during ALL conversation
2006-09-18 05:20:52 · answer #3 · answered by paleblueshoe 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First, be sure to keep all documentation in relation to this incident. Secondly, if you can communicate by email, that's better since you have a record of all transactions. Contact the finance department of the hospital and start from there. Make them aware of the rubber check and let them know your expectations. Give them a reasonable set time frame in which to respond and go from there. If it comes down to it, if it's under $5000, you could file a civil action in small claims court to win your money back. Good luck!
2006-09-18 03:17:36 · answer #4 · answered by anon 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Call up the hospital, prove that the check bounced, and they would be liable for your bounced check fees, plus the cost of the check itself. If you get no satisfication, take the check to your local District Atty. office.
2006-09-18 03:16:53 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go talk to the hospital. They owe you the amount you paid, plus any fees you may have paid because of this.
2006-09-18 03:14:49 · answer #6 · answered by Ralfcoder 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Take the check to their finance department and tell them..........surly they will reissue a good one..............If you suffered any bounced checks b/c of them, I would hold them responsible and as all business charge US for bounced checks, I would charge them $25 for your trouble, AT LEAST.
2006-09-18 03:16:32 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
speak to the billing department and if that doesn't get you any wear wright a letter to the Dr himself and explain it to him he maybe be able to fix it for you, really they can be nice people, stop laughing...
2006-09-18 03:17:06 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋