I am insured and visited the ER to get a wound stitched. I didn't have my insurance card with me, but I told them as much information as I knew. A couple weeks later a bill to my father's name was sent to my parents house. He was listed as my emergency contact, but they knew I was an adult and I see no reason why the bill shouldn't have been sent to me. (I am 22 and live in a separate residence). Is there anything illegal about this?
2007-07-21 16:55:28 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
No, nothing illegal about it. They may have the wrong address/contact information listed for you.
Say you hadn't been to the ER since you were a minor living in your dad's house. When you went back, now an adult, the registration clerk may have just left the old information in the computer.
Call the billing department at the hospital and let them know it was sent to your father instead of you. It won't be hard to fix.
2007-07-24 19:12:01 · answer #1 · answered by Morning Glory 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Bills for payment of services do not violate Hippa. Sending it to your father may have been a clerical mistake, but it doesn't violate any laws. Pay it and grow a spine. Being offended by every little thing is evidence of your possession of a vagina.
2007-07-21 17:03:20 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Probably not. It is a reasonable method for debt collection, and you can be deemed to have consented by placing your father's address on the paperwork.
2007-07-21 16:58:32 · answer #3 · answered by cyanne2ak 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's possible that it violates HIPAA, you'd have to look into it further to determine that.
2007-07-21 16:59:41 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋