Timeline for Family visit and sickness
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| Jul 11, 2018 at 17:41 | comment | added | Margaret Ashworth | Because we did not know she had taken out travel insurance at that stage, she was in so much pain. The ER requested payment then and there. The hospital did email the insurance company directly and a pdf file was also emailed from the hospital to the insurance company The bills were sent directly to my niece in the UK at her home address. Either way she is not not paying the bills just waiting to get a response to her request to pay in increments as befitting her ability. I do know that happens here for people with no insurance. At this point she may as just have not have taken insurance | |
| Jul 11, 2018 at 16:33 | comment | added | DJClayworth | Why did you pay for the CAT scan? The way this normally works is that the patient hands over their card from their insurer, and the hospital deals with that insurer. | |
| Jul 11, 2018 at 16:31 | comment | added | DJClayworth | "giving her 90% discount from what they would charge an insurance company". Did she tell them she had insurance? Those discounts are things they give people when they are not insured. It's important that your niece tells the hospital that she has insurance. It makes a big difference to how the hospital treats her. | |
| Jul 11, 2018 at 16:03 | comment | added | Margaret Ashworth | Yes my niece became ill five days before she was due to fly home :( The hospital make it clear on the invoices that this is a reduced price and when she was in the hospital a person from the registration office advised they were giving her 90% discount from what they would charge an insurance company !!!!! I am hoping the insurance company will come through for her, she passed on all invoices to the insurance company, but I also think they may say no. My concern is that I may be liable although as I paid for the cat scan when we took her to the ER !! | |
| Jul 11, 2018 at 14:15 | comment | added | phoog | If her insurer fails to cover the entire cost, the hospital may be willing to negotiate a reduced payment. This happened with a relative who was visiting the US from abroad. After we made the agreed reduced payment, however, the hospital continued sending bills. We responded by noting that we had met the earlier agreement, and they kept sending bills (it seemed like it was due to a lack of internal coordination on their part). We began ignoring the bills, reasoning that collection efforts against our foreign relative would be futile, and they eventually stopped sending them. | |
| Jul 11, 2018 at 13:49 | answer | added | DJClayworth | timeline score: 4 | |
| Jul 11, 2018 at 12:45 | comment | added | David Richerby | Just to check, your niece became ill while she was visiting you? She didn't visit the US to have the medical scans and diagnosis, right? Your question skips that part, presumably because it's completely obvious to you. | |
| Jul 11, 2018 at 11:52 | history | edited | Newton |
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| Jul 11, 2018 at 11:37 | comment | added | Margaret Ashworth | Yes we are in the US, Florida and yes that is where my niece was admitted into hospital. All documentation from the hospital and billing have been forwarded to the insurance company, along with two years medical notes from her UK doctor. Thank you for responding. | |
| Jul 11, 2018 at 11:25 | comment | added | Traveller | Has the U.K. insurance company indicated how long they will take to evaluate the claim? Do they have all the necessary information? In my experience they typically respond promptly, they will have defined timescales for doing so | |
| Jul 11, 2018 at 10:43 | comment | added | user141592 | Where are you located? The US? Is that where the hospital visit happened? | |
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