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Your responsibility to know your coverage. |
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mbrcatz
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It is YOUR responsibility, always.
Usually the person providing the service does NOT do the actual billing, so they might not even know - they hire someone to do the paperwork. |
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Chris F
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It is the doctor's office responsibility to charge your insurance company, provided that you give them your insurance information. It is also the Doctor's office's responsibility to collect your copay/deductible/etc from you, whether at time of visit or afterwards. |
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acermill
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It is your responsibility to know what your insurer covers and what it does not. Frankly, the doctor could have required you to pay in full for your treatment each time you received it, and then sent you a refund when the insurer paid whatever it paid.
Information from insurer's to doctors' offices is not always immediate. |
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It is not the responsibility of the doctor to tell you anything about your insurance. That is your agents job
Most people pay for the insurance but never read the conditions fully and seldom really understand anything about it. I bet you have or at least should have the conditions.
Pay your bill and argue with the insurance company. |
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zippythejessi
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Providers of service are not required to tell you about charges or copays or anything financial. As a patient, it's your responsibility to know. (It's part of the unspoken agreement you make with your insurance company.) |
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Barry M
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Doctors provide medical services and charge accordingly. How you satisfy their bills is your problem. So, if your insurance declines a bill, you are liable for the amount charged by the doctor. I am sure that most doctors would prefer to do a totally cash business, since insurance companies complicate his business. |
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Custo
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Its your responsibility... and their responsibility... But, you're the one stuck with a bill. So, I wouldn't depend on them to find out. If what you're asking is does someone REQUIRE them to verify your benefits??? The answer is no. The doctor's offices who do verify, are just doing it as a courtesy. good luck |
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nalfavi
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The doctors have nothing to do with the charges. You should know your copayments before you go to the doctors, and normally it says it right on your insurance card what your copayment will be.
If not, call your insurance company and ask them. They'll most likely have a booklet or a website where you can go to see a full list of copayments, what the cover, ect.
It's your responsiblity, not the doctors, to know your insurance. |
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GrowinBellyFLA
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99% of the doctors have a sign right there when you sign in that says payment is due when services are rendered. When you sign up yearly to renew your insurance you are supplied with an explanation of benefits. That Explanation tells you what you as the consumer are responsible for upon various items from primary physicain visits to specialists, to x-rays, & prescriptions, etc. Therfore you must pay any co-pays due at that time. |
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