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- From: wb8foz@skybridge.SCL.CWRU.Edu (David Lesher)
- Subject: Re: advice needed for dealing with dentist/insurance
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- Date: Thu, 30 Jul 92 01:58:05 GMT
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- I have a very different approach for dealing with this.
-
- I pay my doctor. I pay my dentist. After all, I'm the guy who 'hired'
- them, right?
-
- Then I submit the forms, and get {hopefully} something back. I do not
- need to tell my doctor/dentist who I work for or where. They do their
- job {medicine} and don't waste time on mine. On one occasion (all 4
- Wisdom teeth impacted, sectioned them out, weeks of agony & I'll NEVER
- eat applesauce again!) the carrier tried to claim that "UCR" said the
- job was worth 60% of the bill. The Board-certified oral surgeon wrote a
- nice letter pointing out the exact procedures he had used, and
- suggesting they were full of it. They paid 100% and I didn't even need
- to follow up with Phase two - the attorney letter.
-
- Aside: Folks, one of the best moves you can make in life is to get a
- personal relationship with a good attorney. I started out with a friend
- of a friend that needed computer advice back before PC was anything but
- two initials. I help him out on things he cannot comprehend (anything
- with more than 1 wire ;-) and he handles my legal trifles. It's a fair
- bargain. There is something about legal letterhead that just.........
-
- Aside #2:
- Get your Wisdom teeth out when you are young. They NEVER get easier -
- only harder to do. Don't make my mistake and avoid it...
-
-
- --
- A host is a host from coast to coast..wb8foz@skybridge.scl.cwru.edu
- & no one will talk to a host that's close..........................
- Unless the host (that isn't close).........................pob 1433
- is busy, hung or dead....................................20915-1433
-