Post by Jedimom/Cor-Al Gelkar on May 11, 2007 8:37:39 GMT -5
Actually now I HAVE to vent! I was supposed to get my other two larger moles removed on Monday, but I got a call (at work of all places) from the doctor's office. They have to re-schedule it because they cannot get confirmation from the stupid insurance company that it will be paid for! And they didn't want me to be repsonisbel for (in her words) a "$3000 bill".
Well, number one, when I talked to the doc about this before all the drama came up about my head, he said $350, not $3000! My other surgery and skin graft didn't even cost that much, so I think she's talking out of her butt!
#2, most doctors bill the insuarnce and then if they don't get payment they bill teh patient. What are they doing billing the insurance before the procedure takes place?
I said it befoe about this doc, but he is in it for the money, not for helping people. That's why he chose dermatology 'cause he knew it was a good way to get into the plastic surgery end, which is what he wants to focus on (boobs and butts). What ever happened to the hippocratic oath? Hypocrit, more likely
And I KNOW he doesn't do ALL plastic surgery cause I've seen other peolpe with skin problems in his office...
vent vent vent :twisted:
ARGH
So he wants $325 up front as a "deposit" in case they don't pay. And my surgery has been rescheduled for May 30th -- hopefully. WHich is not even a week after Nerf's surgery and the day before I am supposed to go back to the cancer center formy check up.
Argh... its always something
Well, number one, when I talked to the doc about this before all the drama came up about my head, he said $350, not $3000! My other surgery and skin graft didn't even cost that much, so I think she's talking out of her butt!
#2, most doctors bill the insuarnce and then if they don't get payment they bill teh patient. What are they doing billing the insurance before the procedure takes place?
I said it befoe about this doc, but he is in it for the money, not for helping people. That's why he chose dermatology 'cause he knew it was a good way to get into the plastic surgery end, which is what he wants to focus on (boobs and butts). What ever happened to the hippocratic oath? Hypocrit, more likely
And I KNOW he doesn't do ALL plastic surgery cause I've seen other peolpe with skin problems in his office...
vent vent vent :twisted:
ARGH
So he wants $325 up front as a "deposit" in case they don't pay. And my surgery has been rescheduled for May 30th -- hopefully. WHich is not even a week after Nerf's surgery and the day before I am supposed to go back to the cancer center formy check up.
Argh... its always something
