2007-08-08 08:59:00 · 15 answers · asked by LD 1 in Business & Finance ➔ Insurance
Yes.
2007-08-08 09:01:20 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I work at a medical office, and I deal with this type of problem alot. One of the main reasons that these old bills sneak up on us is because we tell the office to bill our insurance.
The office will always try and bill the insurance! It is their way of making money. But sometimes it takes months to receive a reply from the insurance telling us that it has been rejected.
From there it may take a while to get into contact with you to let you know that something went wrong.
It is definately something that needs to be taken care of. However, you may still qualify for insurance coverage.
The best thing to do would be to go into the office and calmly (I cant stress that enough!) explain the situation and work through possible situations.
If you have financial difficulties paying the bill, the office may be able to work out different payment methods to help you!
Hope this helps!
Dave
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2007-08-08 14:23:07 · answer #2 · answered by daveguy48 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You should. Granted that they submitted it to your insurance first. If not, I would call them and tell them to submit it to whatever insurance company they had on file for you at that time. I had the same thing happen to me. Got a doctor's bill from a time that I broke my arm in Tahoe . . . kind of a long process to get sorted out, but if you don't they can submit your information to a collection agency, which can in turn cause a bad mark on your credit.
2007-08-08 09:04:34 · answer #3 · answered by Meghan K 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If it is a legitimate bill, yes you do.
Check with your insurance company first. They may be liable for some of it. (Or, this may be what you have to pay after the insurance covered their part, either way, best to check before sending a payment.)
2007-08-08 09:02:42 · answer #4 · answered by cbmttek 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes, you are still responsible for it, if it is a legitimate bill. Call the office and ask if you can make a payment plan, and they will probably be willing to work with you. Good luck!
2007-08-08 09:01:29 · answer #5 · answered by MaraschinoMary 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely. It may have taken this long for the doctor's office to have been paid by your insurance company - some small ones can take that long.
2007-08-08 11:24:37 · answer #6 · answered by zippythejessi 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Of course you must pay your bills. Don't you want to get paid for the work you perform? You are not willing to work for free, so why should your health care provider?
2007-08-08 09:04:18 · answer #7 · answered by eagle 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Probably so, but they would earn it... I would demand a copy of all past statement... I would demand a statement on the prodecure done or dates visited and what was done. Did you have any insurance? If so, I would demand a copy of payment by the insurance company and if they notified me so that i could handle with the insurance company for full payment. Respond in writing, keeping a copy and request any and all records etc., that you can think of, naturally all in seperate letters in response to their answers to your letters.
2007-08-08 09:05:36 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes only after 7 years is the debt cleared.
2007-08-09 00:52:11 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes...you do...it's probably so late in coming because it pretty much takes that long sometimes to get everything possible from the insurance company.
2007-08-08 09:06:32 · answer #10 · answered by Sunidaze 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋