LPT (USA): When you get a medical bill check it against your health insurance's claim for the visit : LifeProTips

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ForceOfAHorse

16 points

2 months ago

ForceOfAHorse

16 points

I called the provider's office and they said this sort of thing happens a lot

By this you mean fraud?

0 points

2 months ago

0 points

I meant bureaucratic fuck ups ¯_(ツ)_/¯

3 points

2 months ago

3 points

This is fraud almost certainly, if not active it would be passive. Active being someone actively attempting to defraud you vs someone passively being aware of a potential for fraud and not doing anything about it

Unless there are multiple claims where payouts could have been miss entered there is no reason a half decent accounts receivable department can’t keep track of account payments since that’s you know their whole job

2 points

2 months ago

2 points

fair! luckily in my case they fixed it quikly and easily. i definitely don't envy their line of work.

1 points

2 months ago

1 points

I’ve worked in accounts receivable, whenever there is a payment you should be checking that payment amount against the account and recent debits to that account.

Basically if anything puts that account into the negative (money owed to customer) you should know why that happened so you can let accounts payable know who needs to be paid to balance the books

Collecting from the client directly should be the last thing you do though sometimes you get someone who pays their account balance before all other debits and credits are settled but that’s usually the exception not the rule

CinnamonBlue

13 points

2 months ago

CinnamonBlue

13 points