Oct 30 2008
Sent to collection for $2.00
Not only sent to collection but today I get a certified letter disengaging me from their practice. Yes the $2.00 was paid and yes the check had cleared the bank. Unbelievable. It all started with my miscarriage. I went for follow up the day after my miscarriage and I obviously was discombobulated that day and I really don’t remember if I had paid my $2.00 copay or not. I always pay before I go in to see the doctor. So ok I get a bill in the mail but I am going in for follow up the following month less than two weeks away. I’ll pay it then. Well I did not go in on that day, I had to cancel. So I get a bill in August and I set it aside because I had rescheduled my appointment and was going in the office. Then they canceled the appointment for an emergency. Fine , no problem. So I send my payment on September 1, 2008 as I didn’t reschedule my appointment until December. Then my check is returned in the mail as undeliverable. No other explanation so I resend the check, now it’s October 1. I assume all is well. Then I get a collection notice, for $2.00. Well what the heck, I figure that the check and collection notice crossed in the mail. Then today I get the certified letter. So I called the office and talk to the office manager who was extremely nice. Said that it was a billing issue, which is probably why she was so nice not her problem. So I give her the check number and I had also received my bank statement and it shows the check cleared. If he wasn’t the only doctor out here who takes my insurance, I would say screw it. But I happen to like the doctor. But now I wonder if the doctor is so hard up for my $2.00 what the heck is going on. Don’t get me wrong, I worked in a Doctor’s office for 10 years I understand the aggravation it is trying to get people to pay their bills but I think we should be alittle compassionate. So I guess I need to find another doctor as I really don’t want to be grateful to an office that is “allowing me” to stay with their practice. Not for $2.00. I’m sure another doctor’s office will want my copay of $2.00.
