78FANGIRL t1_its01vb wrote on October 25, 2022 at 9:35 PM

You should have this information if you were billed for it and ignored them. Don't toss your bills. Pay them, or make a payment plan if you can't pay all at once. Ignoring the problem doesn't make it go away. I know people in debt collection. They're brutal and unrelenting. Everyone here is correct about the HIPAA regulations, I was in medical records before I stopped working. You don't want debt collectors with your medical information.

odmcgirt t1_itu2rjy wrote on October 26, 2022 at 9:29 AM

While the situation you are describing MAY have occurred - billing departments make mistakes.

The individual here may have had their bill mailed to the wrong address, may not have known to expect a bill because they incorrectly expected a service to be covered by insurance or the medical office could have miscoded something and the individual is now incorrectly receiving a bill for a service that was covered by their insurance.

No need for your lecture - our medical system is overly complicated, driven by profits and almost as morally corrupt as the insurance industry.