[Gabz]

There is no such thing as an honest mistake to a collection agency.

One month after my I came home form the hospital with my new baby I received a bill from the hospital claiming my insurance company had refused the claim 10 days before. The hospital rfused to show me the paper work from the insurance company, and so I called the company to ask why the claim was denied --- my claim was not denied........the company had not been billed when the hosital claimed it was. In fact the day I got the bill from the hospital was the same day the insurance company received it from the hospital.

It is not always the collection agency's fault..........in this case the particular hospital had a notorious reputation for doing that kind of stuff.

[goldstategop]

Kaiser Permanente's collection agency sent me a bill for my late father's hospital stay nearly a year after his death. After talking to customer service, they informed me to send back the bill along with an official death certificate copy. Hopefully - that will take care of the matter.

( No more Olmert! No more Kadima! No more Oslo!)

[Brytani]

Medical bills seem to be the worst and hardest to get cleared up. Especially when you've got some many hands working on it. A simple code error made at a doctors office or hospital seems to be the end of the world to insurance companies.

In the last year and a half, I've had over 16k in medical bills sent to me after sustaining a major injury to my lower spine while at work.

Between insurance, Workman's comp, and disability insurance, all should have been taken care of. However, I'm still dealing with bills going back to last year. It got so bad we ended up hiring a lawyer to help us straighten out things and even he hasn't been able to get everything taken care of.

Funny thing is part of the lawyer practice is collections related. He's even frustrated at how difficult it's been to get this mess taken care of.

[SDGOP]

Sadly there are alot of hospitals who will screw people over by overcharging for little things here and there. I read an article about it. Overzealous/shady hospital administrators charge for the most ridiculous things that you didn't even get. Happened to my mom. You should always check over a hospital bill.