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I have just received a letter from a collection agency.
This is, as best I can tell, related to a visit to an emergency room six months ago.
I am highly annoyed by this because no living human ever called or spoke a single word to me.
This is the first I remember seeing anything from this company.
I'm trying to figure out what this charge is for, and so on.
I am positive that I have paid at least two other bills (from external providers) regarding that one visit.
Am I unreasonable in expecting one bill for one visit ?
What is the name of the authority that oversees such financial behavior of these state licensed professionals ? I would like to use the U.S.Mail as well and send them a letter.
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C-P-User-3 wrote: I'm trying to figure out what this charge is for, and so on.
Why?
Would you do the same if I sent you another bill? How would you know the difference between a legit bill and some fake?
Unless they can show "when" you ordered your stuff/service, there has been no sale.
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Eddy Vluggen wrote: Why?
Would you do the same if I sent you another bill?
I am confused because
- I thought I paid all the bills
- I don't remember every face and name I saw there
My biggest complaint is that no human ever spoke to me about this.
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C-P-User-3 wrote: I am confused because
Don't be. If they want something from you, they'd better explain what and why.
C-P-User-3 wrote: I thought I paid all the bills
You might have.
C-P-User-3 wrote: I don't remember every face and name I saw there
Don't have to.
C-P-User-3 wrote: My biggest complaint is that no human ever spoke to me about this.
Should set off some alarm-bells. I doubt that it is a legit bill.
There's also some law that says that a sale that has been based on misleading the client is a non-sale. I'd reckon that there's something similar in your place. So, again, unless you explicitly agreed to buying stuff/service, there is no sale, and no bill.
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If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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Sounds like someone is trying to scam you.
Did you google the collection agency name?
Did you contact the hospital and request a review of your billing?
Marc
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C-P-User-3 wrote: What is the name of the authority that oversees such financial behavior of these state licensed professionals ?
Each state (even cities according to wikipedia) have their own regulations regarding collection agencies.
Contact your local "Better Business Bureau" office and ask them if the collection agency is legitimate.
Check your emergency room receipts, check your bank statements. It should all add up; and what you paid should be what you owe in the first place.
Good luck.
I'd rather be phishing!
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... or move to the UK where a wallet biopsy is not a test that is carried out in A&E!
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Maximilien wrote: Check your emergency room receipts,
Yeah, right.
I do not possess that level of responsibility
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Why didn't you do what every one else doe sin ER? Give fake details...
You should have had a consolidated invoice form the hospital. Check with the billing department.
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R. Giskard Reventlov wrote: You should have had a consolidated invoice
I agree with you.
"Should" is sometimes true.
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C-P-User-3 wrote: Am I unreasonable in expecting one bill for one visit ?
That would be nice...however...
Hospitals are no longer hospitals. They're big buildings that rent space to the people who work there. So, you'll get separate bills from the hospital itself AND the doctor AND the nurse AND the anesthesiologist (if applicable) AND a lab somewhere if they did any blood pee, or poop work.
None of them ever seem to be timely, either. In the past, I've received bills from procedures over a year old.
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GenJerDan wrote: That would be nice...however...
Hospitals are no longer hospitals.
I think you have accurately surmised my circumstances
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A few years ago, my daughter broke her arm. I started receiving letters from insurance saying "we are not paying for this.. and that....". Then I started receiving collection letters for "those" things.
I made some calls to find out what was going on, and the bills from the hospital were FULL of fraudulent charges. Tests that were unnecessary, doctors who weren't there, all kinds of things. The insurance company was fully aware of this (it apparently happens ALL THE TIME) and refused to pay any of it. So the fraud charges were delivered to me.
When I called the hospital to ask about it, they said something like "oh yeah, that happens all the time" and reversed the charges right on the spot.
Forget complaining to them. They know what they are doing. Write to your representatives instead. This is a crime. I should have gone to the police, I don't know why I didn't.
Be vigilant!!!!
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Nice report.
Thank you for the benefit of your superior experience !
I will exert some self control now, and think this over before I respond.
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Why not just call the hospital's billing department?
If it's not broken, fix it until it is
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My thoughts at this moment are to go and make a personal visit.
This is Friday, and there are three more hours left in the day.
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Google everything, before replying, because it may be a scam.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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My thanks for your input, and all others in this thread.
Exactly how they could get that info; I wonder; but then, well, I suppose if I were of that ilk I could figure out such a scheme in a month or two.
You guys are making sense about the possible scam.
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Sheepish police blur faces of lambs at centre of alleged rustling - BBC News[^]
That's OK though, Griff was still able to identify all three of them. 
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"The lambs' identity was "protected due to their age and vulnerability", West Midlands Police said."
WT...
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And to preserve their Eweman Rights!
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Is that the thought for the day?
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That was a sheep shot.
... such stuff as dreams are made on
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He was trying to pull the wool over your eyes! 
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Knit you as well? 
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