Bad Medical Billing

On February 6, 2023, a client delivered a medical bill to our Merrillville office for my review. I checked the bill and knew it was false. With some editing to protect the privacy of our client, here is the letter that I sent to a medical firm in Merrillville, Indiana.

Our client sent to our firm a bill from your firm for our review. The bill seeks $118.03 on Account Number XXXXXX for services rendered on 08/02/22 and 08/10/22. YOUR BILL TO OUR CLIENT IS FALSE! Here is why.

On the charge of $2,600 on 08/02/22, Medicare allowed only $470.05 and Medicare paid $368.52. On the charge of $1,000 on 08/10/22, Medicare allowed only $120.08 and Medicare paid $94.14.

Our client’s insurance company paid your firm the entire balance of $118.03 ($94.01 plus $24.02) by check sent on 09/15/22.

Your firm cashed that check on 10/04/22. The check number is XXXXXXXX.

You got the money. Why didn’t you apply it correctly toward the account? You goofed. Fix your bookkeeping and send a new bill to our client with a balance of zero on this matter.

All the help that I gave this client was FREE OF CHARGE. This insurance agency helps all clients with such problems without charging anything. It is one of the ways that we demonstrate that we care for our clients.

Note: Woodrow Wilcox is the senior medical bill case worker at Senior Care Insurance Services in Merrillville, Indiana. He has saved clients of that firm over three million dollars. Also, Wilcox wrote the book SOLVING MEDICARE PROBLEM$ which is available through book stores and online.