I feel your pain. I just got a bill from my Dr for a phone call she made to me back in April just to let me know my bone scan was in and did I want to go ahead with the shots she was recommending. She filed it with Medicare as a tele-med office visit! She never let me know it was considered an “office visit”. She wanted $98 for it!!
I feel your pain. I just got a bill from my Dr for a phone call she made to me back in April just to let me know my bone scan was in and did I want to go ahead with the shots she was recommending. She filed it with Medicare as a tele-med office visit! She never let me know it was considered an “office visit”. She wanted $98 for it!!
I pay attention to hospital bills. ALWAYS...
My wife’s last six months of her life were billed at $4.3 million. I kept a clipboard on every nurse’s entry and what they were doing.
She was dying and they wanted to put her on a nicotine patch even though she was not coherent.
I fought. I got the Charge Nurse and the Floor Nurse to be the only ones to take care of her. I watched everything that they did. When she passed - I paid less than $200k.
I did the same for my mother when she was sick and dying.
You have to fight. Do not take their first, second, third, or any other answer until you get the care you and your loved one deserved.
Office visit is an office visit.
Come on, you would have complained about the price if you went in as well.
How long was your phone conversation? If it was a quick one minute phone call, I would understand no bill. But if you kept your doctor on the line with multiple questions, they should bill you.
Quit complaining for god sakes attorneys charge for phone calls and it’s about his cost for an office staff malpractice nevermind his educational costs and time
That seems like a good price, to me. The Dr. didn't just spend a couple of minutes on the phone. She had to pull your records, pay her staff, study the test results and your history, and then make a life or death (for you) decision on what to do. Be thankful she spent a dozen, or so, years of study and training after high school to be capable of this.