Hospital makes blatant error...you pay them anyway

It never crossed my mind that hospitals expected you to pay for their screw ups...:faint:

It's not clear how many private patients or their insurers are still billed for medical mistakes, but a July study by the federal Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality estimated that preventable errors that occur during or after surgery may cost employers nearly $1.5 billion a year.


Tennessee is among 23 states that have approved non-payment policies for specific mistakes, with at least three more expected to do so by fall, a new review shows. Hospitals in another eight states have agreed to general guidelines that advise eliminating bills on a case-by-case basis for errors proven to be both serious and preventable.

The remaining states have not adopted even those voluntary standards, a concept that still stuns Patty Canakaris, 63, of St. Augustine, Fla. Her 67-year-old brother, Blake Oliver, died in December after a Florida hospital mistakenly gave him type A positive blood instead of type O positive blood during a transfusion for a simple operation.

“With something this horrific, whether they’ve operated on the wrong person or removed the wrong finger, they shouldn’t expect reimbursement,” she said.


More states shred bills for awful medical errors - Health care - MSNBC.com
 
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dems4me

Guest
It never crossed my mind that hospitals expected you to pay for their screw ups...:faint:

It's not clear how many private patients or their insurers are still billed for medical mistakes, but a July study by the federal Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality estimated that preventable errors that occur during or after surgery may cost employers nearly $1.5 billion a year.


Tennessee is among 23 states that have approved non-payment policies for specific mistakes, with at least three more expected to do so by fall, a new review shows. Hospitals in another eight states have agreed to general guidelines that advise eliminating bills on a case-by-case basis for errors proven to be both serious and preventable.

The remaining states have not adopted even those voluntary standards, a concept that still stuns Patty Canakaris, 63, of St. Augustine, Fla. Her 67-year-old brother, Blake Oliver, died in December after a Florida hospital mistakenly gave him type A positive blood instead of type O positive blood during a transfusion for a simple operation.

“With something this horrific, whether they’ve operated on the wrong person or removed the wrong finger, they shouldn’t expect reimbursement,” she said.


More states shred bills for awful medical errors - Health care - MSNBC.com

I believe it... before going in for surgury, you have to sign lots of paperwork NOT holding them responsible for ANYTHING whether their fault or not :ohwell:
 

sanchezf

Little ol' Me
4 weeks ago I had my appendics (sp?) taken out, I first went to Civista who kept me for 5 hours to send me home after x-rays to tell me I had a stomach virus go home and sleep it off. To find myself at 8:00pm that same night calling my SO while fishing to come home immediatly and take me to the emergency room I was dying. He came home and took me to St. Marys hospital who immediatly knew what the problem was, did a cat scan to make proof postive, and took me in for surgery, a hospital visit of 3 days Thank you.

When I got home Monday I made sure to cal Civista to let them know they better not bill me, or they would be hearing from my lawyer (they could have killed me). Needless to say after a few choice words I received a letter in the mail stating me or my insurance company would not be getting a bill..
 

Xaquin44

New Member
4 weeks ago I had my appendics (sp?) taken out, I first went to Civista who kept me for 5 hours to send me home after x-rays to tell me I had a stomach virus go home and sleep it off. To find myself at 8:00pm that same night calling my SO while fishing to come home immediatly and take me to the emergency room I was dying. He came home and took me to St. Marys hospital who immediatly knew what the problem was, did a cat scan to make proof postive, and took me in for surgery, a hospital visit of 3 days Thank you.

When I got home Monday I made sure to cal Civista to let them know they better not bill me, or they would be hearing from my lawyer (they could have killed me). Needless to say after a few choice words I received a letter in the mail stating me or my insurance company would not be getting a bill..

ugh Civista ....

went to the emergency room at 11:00am with a bursting appendix .... operated on at about midnight. I had plenty of time to count the dozens of silverfish adorning the walls before surgery.

that place is gross.
 

KWAK

New Member
4 weeks ago I had my appendics (sp?) taken out, I first went to Civista who kept me for 5 hours to send me home after x-rays to tell me I had a stomach virus go home and sleep it off. To find myself at 8:00pm that same night calling my SO while fishing to come home immediatly and take me to the emergency room I was dying. He came home and took me to St. Marys hospital who immediatly knew what the problem was, did a cat scan to make proof postive, and took me in for surgery, a hospital visit of 3 days Thank you.

When I got home Monday I made sure to cal Civista to let them know they better not bill me, or they would be hearing from my lawyer (they could have killed me). Needless to say after a few choice words I received a letter in the mail stating me or my insurance company would not be getting a bill..

My aunt had a similar experience with Civista - except for she got a bill in the mail. She took them the court and won!
 
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