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re: $110 medical bill in collections: pay or fight?
Posted on 2/15/24 at 8:29 pm to poochie
Posted on 2/15/24 at 8:29 pm to poochie
Medical bill that low can’t go on your credit report or affect your credit. So if you can let it go mentally, it won’t harm you… just ignore
This post was edited on 2/15/24 at 8:31 pm
Posted on 2/15/24 at 10:09 pm to poochie
I had to take legal action against a Baton Rouge hospital in May 2023 over a $400 bill that I didn’t owe. I paid everything I owed and they sent the bill. When I asked about it, they told me it was because insurance denied a charge. Called the insurance company and was told they paid it but then the hospital billed it again, which they denied. I conference the hospital in with the insurance company, I listen to them discuss billing codes and payments, the hospital realizes the error. It’s done.
Fast forward to April 2023 and I’m told if I don’t pay it by May, I’ll be sent to a collections agency. I told them I’d sue if they did that. They reported to the collections agency and I obtained an attorney, who sent a strongly worded certified letter to the hospital threatening to sue them over multiple specific laws they broke by doing what they did.
I haven’t heard a single thing since then. Sometimes hospitals frick up and insist they’re right. It’s no surprise that they have Janshamekia Jupiter running the claims/billing department.
Fast forward to April 2023 and I’m told if I don’t pay it by May, I’ll be sent to a collections agency. I told them I’d sue if they did that. They reported to the collections agency and I obtained an attorney, who sent a strongly worded certified letter to the hospital threatening to sue them over multiple specific laws they broke by doing what they did.
I haven’t heard a single thing since then. Sometimes hospitals frick up and insist they’re right. It’s no surprise that they have Janshamekia Jupiter running the claims/billing department.
This post was edited on 2/15/24 at 10:11 pm
Posted on 2/16/24 at 9:23 am to TDsngumbo
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It’s no surprise that they have Janshamekia Jupiter running the claims/billing department.
you know, this just helped me put 2 and 2 together. about a month ago i received a call from a local number with an operator with some culture. he asked my name and said he had a personal matter to discuss and needed my dob and address before he would tell me what he was calling for. i told him i wasn't giving him that unless he told me who he was and what he was calling about. he said no so i told him "bye" and hung up... I bet that was a call from someone on that.
This post was edited on 2/16/24 at 9:26 am
Posted on 2/16/24 at 12:21 pm to TDsngumbo
Realize that most hospital billing departments are run by people with a high school degree. The MDs are in the clinic, not in billing.
Posted on 2/17/24 at 11:56 am to poochie
ignore
Medical collections below $500 are not reportable on credit reports.
Most are not legit, doctors are cheap and pay very little to people who do their medical billing, you get shady characters being lazy and not billing correctly.
Medical collections below $500 are not reportable on credit reports.
Most are not legit, doctors are cheap and pay very little to people who do their medical billing, you get shady characters being lazy and not billing correctly.
Posted on 2/18/24 at 8:34 am to Tarps99
So you knowingly went to the ER after being referred there and don’t think you should have to pay the bill?
Posted on 2/18/24 at 9:33 am to poochie
PAY IT
I had a $2,500.00 charge from my X wife going to a dentist 7 years ago that they stuck it on my credit.
It should have fallen off but apparently every time it changes hands they add it back as new debt.
I had a $2,500.00 charge from my X wife going to a dentist 7 years ago that they stuck it on my credit.
It should have fallen off but apparently every time it changes hands they add it back as new debt.
Posted on 2/18/24 at 9:48 am to The Torch
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PAY IT I had a $2,500.00 charge from my X wife going to a dentist 7 years ago that they stuck it on my credit. It should have fallen off but apparently every time it changes hands they add it back as new debt.
Nope…just as everyone has said…New law, under 500$, no credit change/reporting
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