I recently received a civil warrant to go to court for a past balance they are now saying is 20,177.00. I went to them from 1999 to Jan 2003. Had pain pump put in and my ins. started paying less but I went into billing several times stating I wouldn't be able to afford to continue with treatment etc, and was told to always keep my appt. and that was when the balance was only 4,000. In Feb. 2003 the dr's split up and then I got a bill for the above amount,. I don't want to go to court, never have been and would like to try and settle out of court by possibly calling or going and speaking with the office manager in the dr's office to see if bill can be reduced and settled once and for all. Any advice? I have notes of times I spoke with different girls in billing who told me to keep my appt and not to worry about the bill etc. Would I be giving her too much info and it backfire on me if she says she wants to go to court? Please help!! I don't have this kind of money! Any advice?
2007-02-05 00:11:26 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Alternative Medicine
Tryt he legal aid in your community. They are in the yellow pages. Call them and ask them what to do. To give you legal advice here on an obvious mistake on the part of the Medical billing office, would be foolhardy. You need professional advice.. Please call them and see if they can help you. A lot of attorneys will also give you the first hour for free..
2007-02-05 00:20:54 · answer #1 · answered by psstoffagain 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
id talk to a lawyer before you do anything to make sure you dont end up shooting yourself in the foot trying to handle it yourself. like the person said there is cheap and free legal aid available if you look in the phone book. lots of times law schools have legal clinics too if you have a law school in your area
2007-02-05 00:30:17 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
make a copy of your tax returns or w2 and send this information to all of your billers for review. they may make adjustment to your bill and/or write it off due to your povished state. you may be eligible for some type of state assistance. i don't know where you are.....but the us has assistance from state to state that pays certain medical expenses for the poor.
2007-02-05 01:58:09 · answer #3 · answered by REALLY 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
enter into an agreement to pay your bills and stick to it.
2007-02-05 00:18:38 · answer #4 · answered by J Somethingorother 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋