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kane · 09-07-2012, 04:42 PM

I was in the hospital for a few days a couple of months back. When I first checked in the doctor that was attending to me came in, did his workup and told me what steps they were going to take to fix my problem. Great. He got started and everything was good to go.

Over the next couple of hours three other doctors stopped in and talked to me. They didn't do anything other than ask me how I was and ask me about my situation. I told them and the they told me my attending doctor would making all the decisions on my care. Cool. Now the bills are starting to roll in. Those three doctors did nothing. They prescribed nothing. They made no diagnosis. They just stopped in to say hi and each one of them is billing me $280 for their services.

When I called the billing department ask about this I was told that often multiple doctors will talk to you because there is a chance they might be given your case so they want to familiarize themselves with you. I have a feeling they are doing it so they can bill you.

Smells fishy to me.

09-07-2012, 04:42 PM
kane Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: portland, OR Posts: 20,684	Interesting doctor scam at a hospital. I was in the hospital for a few days a couple of months back. When I first checked in the doctor that was attending to me came in, did his workup and told me what steps they were going to take to fix my problem. Great. He got started and everything was good to go. Over the next couple of hours three other doctors stopped in and talked to me. They didn't do anything other than ask me how I was and ask me about my situation. I told them and the they told me my attending doctor would making all the decisions on my care. Cool. Now the bills are starting to roll in. Those three doctors did nothing. They prescribed nothing. They made no diagnosis. They just stopped in to say hi and each one of them is billing me $280 for their services. When I called the billing department ask about this I was told that often multiple doctors will talk to you because there is a chance they might be given your case so they want to familiarize themselves with you. I have a feeling they are doing it so they can bill you. Smells fishy to me.