My friend had a stroke at about 40 years old and was in the hospital for a while... Archived Message
Posted by haighter on March 4, 2024, 7:47:31, in reply to "Random note/advice: if you’re in the hospital, make sure the doctors who come consult take…"
...he and his wife are both very astute and got enormous bills. They started looking at who was billing them and were near certain that most of those bills were from doctors that he'd never met and were billed as "consultations". Turns out, after much discovery, that most of those mystery bills were from a formal weekly roundtable his specialist had with other similar specialists. They'd meet and talk about their cases and then each doctor would bill all of the other patients for their "consults". Previous Message …your insurance. Because they might not and the hospital doesn’t care, so you could easily end up with a massive out of pocket bill even if you’re insured, and even if your main doctor or surgeon takes your insurance. Previous Message ...
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- so... major surgery (5 hours) five days in hospital (four nights) guess the bill - Throwsize March 3, 2024, 22:27:36
- thank you all for the well wishes. * - Throwsize March 4, 2024, 12:13:46
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- Random note/advice: if you’re in the hospital, make sure the doctors who come consult take… - DT March 4, 2024, 7:00:31
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