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Insurance for a newborn
Posted on 6/19/23 at 6:42 pm
Posted on 6/19/23 at 6:42 pm
Just had a baby boy a week ago and the delivery and insurance and all was a breeze at the hospital. Filing him under my Ins until I get his social # and then I can get him his own card, etc.
Made an appt for a pediatrician and the lady working the phone and the desk made it seem like such an issue that he didn’t have his own insurance and couldn’t process the fact he was born 48 hours before. Went back for a week checkup and made another stink about him not having insurance and made it clear that she could not file under my ins, when in fact it’s been done for years now with other parents and kids. You work at a pediatricians office for christs sake.
Made another appt with a different doctor over it. Why would I bring my child to an office where they can’t even get the paperwork correct?
Made an appt for a pediatrician and the lady working the phone and the desk made it seem like such an issue that he didn’t have his own insurance and couldn’t process the fact he was born 48 hours before. Went back for a week checkup and made another stink about him not having insurance and made it clear that she could not file under my ins, when in fact it’s been done for years now with other parents and kids. You work at a pediatricians office for christs sake.
Made another appt with a different doctor over it. Why would I bring my child to an office where they can’t even get the paperwork correct?
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Posted on 6/19/23 at 7:08 pm to tProvidence
When I worked in insurance, newborns were covered under the parent’s name for the first 30 days. As long as you call the insurance company and tell them the baby was born and give name and date of birth shouldn’t be an issue.
But, maybe things have changed.
But, maybe things have changed.
Posted on 6/19/23 at 7:19 pm to NoHoTiger
still that way for us.
Posted on 6/19/23 at 7:21 pm to NoHoTiger
quote:
When I worked in insurance, newborns were covered under the parent’s name for the first 30 days. As long as you call the insurance company and tell them the baby was born and give name and date of birth shouldn’t be an issue.
But, maybe things have changed.
Tricare puts them under the mom until 90 days after birth.
Alabama Medicaid enrolls them before they're born and updates the name/sex/DO B when they know it.
A pediatrician's office should know how to handle newborns under each insurance. It's literally what they do.
Posted on 6/19/23 at 7:22 pm to tProvidence
Insurance is a scam
Just say no
Just say no
Posted on 6/19/23 at 7:24 pm to tProvidence
Are you a woman? I don't know why but it seemed standard and recommended to file on my wife's work insurance for the first 30 days before Jr and Jr2 was switched onto my insurance
Posted on 6/19/23 at 7:25 pm to tProvidence
quote:prolly pissed all her hoodrat friends had juneteenth off
Made an appt for a pediatrician and the lady working the phone and the desk made it seem like such an issue that he didn’t have his own insurance
Posted on 6/19/23 at 7:48 pm to SuperSaint
Someone who finally understands…
Posted on 6/19/23 at 8:03 pm to NoHoTiger
quote:This has been my experience
newborns were covered under the parent’s name for the first 30 days
Posted on 6/19/23 at 9:53 pm to tProvidence
Should frick the receptionist to establish dominance
Posted on 6/19/23 at 10:00 pm to tProvidence
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Why would I bring my child to an office where they can’t even get the paperwork correct?
This is key. I've been in medical/dental offices (and many, many, many other places) where forms with clear text SSNs were stored in publicly available spaces, and they didn't think there was anything wrong. I've walked from medical/dental when I get shady answers with why they kept asking me for an SSN they either already had, or didn't need.
*Especially* with kids (and medical care), great care must be paid because you're not putting a newborn with a new SSN on credit monitoring. Therefore, fraud won't be detected for years, or decades, until they try to get car insurance, etc.
Posted on 6/19/23 at 10:07 pm to tProvidence
My infant is less than four months old and we were in the same boat—putting her on my insurance, not my wife’s. I asked this question to the billing lady and she said they take my insurance info, then just hold the claim for a couple of weeks to give me time to get the cards in. Wasn’t a big deal at all.
Posted on 6/19/23 at 10:25 pm to tProvidence
Just find another doctor and be grateful that is the only issue you are having to deal with.
Posted on 6/19/23 at 10:31 pm to tProvidence
I’ve recently learned that anyone with less than RN at a doctors office is pretty incompetent and should be ignored.
This post was edited on 6/19/23 at 10:33 pm
Posted on 6/19/23 at 10:50 pm to tProvidence
30 days to get it sorted with insurance, typically cokes under moms coverage until then.
If you are dad, maybe that’s throwing them off?
If you are dad, maybe that’s throwing them off?
Posted on 6/19/23 at 11:00 pm to ike221
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Insurance is a scam
Sure…until shite happens and you need it.
Posted on 6/19/23 at 11:06 pm to tProvidence
Google review explaining why you left the practice. That’s the only way this sort of thing gets fixed.
Posted on 6/19/23 at 11:09 pm to tProvidence
Too young to drive IMO.
Posted on 6/19/23 at 11:55 pm to tProvidence
quote:
Filing him under my Ins until I get his social # and then I can get him his own card, etc.
You should set it up before. You don't actually have to wait.
Also, there is a time limit during which he can be added.
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