I have received calls from Caledonia Financial Services saying I owed money for a doctor visit in the ERI told them that I never received a billThey said they mailed two out prior to the callI then told them I wasn't going to pay anything over the phone and requested they send another invoiceI never received it and when they called again I told them to send another by fax to my homeNever received a billNEVER PAY FOR ANYTHING OVER THE PHONE IF YOU DO NOT KNOW WHAT IT IS FOR
Received a collections bill from Commonwealth Financial Systems for doctors ER services in Jan with my son's last name wrongIt was legally changed years ago, and that hospital never had any association with itHave never received anything before nowCalled PremeraThey said the hospital bill was paid in full in Feb 2013, and they never received a claim from Sterling Emergency Services of WA for the physicians portionCalled CFSThey wanted to verify my address and started reading off an address I have not lived at for almost years, and which that particular hospital would not have knownShe said they "just use the information that the hospital gives them." I said I know that's not true because that hospital never knew that name or address, AND the hospital sent me statements and billed everything just fine Did phone run-around for a couple hoursSterling Emergency Services/Caledonia/Cascade Capital/Commonwealth FS/Schumacher Clinical Services are all part of Schumacher Financial, but they act like they have nothing to do with each other Checked my son's credit, and it has already been tanked by this, a month ago, before we even knew it existedI'm sure that will never be cleaned up Oh, and the woman at Commonwealth said I could just pay half the amount now, if we just wanted to pay it instead of going through the whole insurance appeal processEXTORTION After searching the internet, these companies are pulling this scam ALL THE TIMEHow do we stop this?
I received an automatic v/m from this place on an account Was not specific on any information and threatened to send to collections I have never heard of this place before and did not leave any information except to call them I have called times and have sat on hold for more than an hour each time I have yet to get anyone at this company All they can do is leave v/m (my phone didnt even ring or record the phone as a call just a v/m) this is ridiculous that a company can call and leave threatening v/m and then never answer I called w/in min of finding new v/m
Received a bill from CFS on 9/22/2014 for an emergency room visit on 11/1/2013. I knew that our insurance company had already paid everything in full and we owed nothing because I had received AND kept all explanation of benefits from our insurance company. Tried calling CFS several times and could never get ANYONE on the phone....just continuous ON HOLD music and messages asking me to leave my contact information so they could call me back within 48 hours. Called my insurance company and they verified that I owed NOTHING because everything had been paid in November 2013. Still trying to get someone to answer the phone.....Sounds like a scam....
I have received 3 calls from Caledonia Financial Services saying I owed money for a doctor visit in the ER. I told them that I never received a bill. They said they mailed two out prior to the call. I then told them I wasn't going to pay anything over the phone and requested they send another invoice. I never received it and when they called again I told them to send another by fax to my home. Never received a bill. NEVER PAY FOR ANYTHING OVER THE PHONE IF YOU DO NOT KNOW WHAT IT IS FOR.
Received a collections bill from Commonwealth Financial Systems for doctors ER services in Jan 2013 with my son's last name wrong. It was legally changed 17 years ago, and that hospital never had any association with it. Have never received anything before now. Called Premera. They said the hospital bill was paid in full in Feb 2013, and they never received a claim from Sterling Emergency Services of WA for the physicians portion. Called CFS. They wanted to verify my address and started reading off an address I have not lived at for almost 20 years, and which that particular hospital would not have known. She said they "just use the information that the hospital gives them." I said I know that's not true because that hospital never knew that name or address, AND the hospital sent me statements and billed everything just fine.
Did phone run-around for a couple hours. Sterling Emergency Services/Caledonia/Cascade Capital/Commonwealth FS/Schumacher Clinical Services are all part of Schumacher Financial, but they act like they have nothing to do with each other.
Checked my son's credit, and it has already been tanked by this, a month ago, before we even knew it existed. I'm sure that will never be cleaned up.
Oh, and the woman at Commonwealth said I could just pay half the amount now, if we just wanted to pay it instead of going through the whole insurance appeal process. EXTORTION
After searching the internet, these companies are pulling this scam ALL THE TIME. How do we stop this?
I have received several phone calls indicating I owe money for an emergency room visit in 2015, and have also received multiple bills that have the appearance of a credit card statement with a balance. I called the hospital-billing department to find out if they billed both my primary and secondary insurance correctly and they can't tell me anything because they said Caledonia bills for physicians separately and they don't have access to the system. So, I decided to call Caledonia thinking I could get this straightened out since I have double coverage and figured the billing wasn't processed correctly perhaps. They immediately ask my name and Social Security upon answering, I refused to give them my S.S., she was offended and rude. She then asked for my account number, I gave it to her and she couldn't find my account, she told me that is the wrong number so I gave it to her again without success again. Then she stated she needed my D.O.B. and address. I reminded her the account number is on the statement you sent me at the address on file and you can't find it? She said she couldn't look it up by the address initially...hmmm. I gave her my D.O.B. and then she still needed my address because there were many people with my name, I asked her with my D.O.B. also? She then suggested I call back when I will share my information so they can look up my account information. Needless to say, I ended the call. Seemed a bit fraudulent and therefore the reason for my post.
I have received calls from Caledonia Financial Services saying I owed money for a doctor visit in the ERI told them that I never received a billThey said they mailed two out prior to the callI then told them I wasn't going to pay anything over the phone and requested they send another invoiceI never received it and when they called again I told them to send another by fax to my homeNever received a billNEVER PAY FOR ANYTHING OVER THE PHONE IF YOU DO NOT KNOW WHAT IT IS FOR
Received a collections bill from Commonwealth Financial Systems for doctors ER services in Jan with my son's last name wrongIt was legally changed years ago, and that hospital never had any association with itHave never received anything before nowCalled PremeraThey said the hospital bill was paid in full in Feb 2013, and they never received a claim from Sterling Emergency Services of WA for the physicians portionCalled CFSThey wanted to verify my address and started reading off an address I have not lived at for almost years, and which that particular hospital would not have knownShe said they "just use the information that the hospital gives them." I said I know that's not true because that hospital never knew that name or address, AND the hospital sent me statements and billed everything just fine Did phone run-around for a couple hoursSterling Emergency Services/Caledonia/Cascade Capital/Commonwealth FS/Schumacher Clinical Services are all part of Schumacher Financial, but they act like they have nothing to do with each other Checked my son's credit, and it has already been tanked by this, a month ago, before we even knew it existedI'm sure that will never be cleaned up Oh, and the woman at Commonwealth said I could just pay half the amount now, if we just wanted to pay it instead of going through the whole insurance appeal processEXTORTION After searching the internet, these companies are pulling this scam ALL THE TIMEHow do we stop this?
I received an automatic v/m from this place on an account Was not specific on any information and threatened to send to collections I have never heard of this place before and did not leave any information except to call them I have called times and have sat on hold for more than an hour each time I have yet to get anyone at this company All they can do is leave v/m (my phone didnt even ring or record the phone as a call just a v/m) this is ridiculous that a company can call and leave threatening v/m and then never answer I called w/in min of finding new v/m
Received a bill from CFS on 9/22/2014 for an emergency room visit on 11/1/2013. I knew that our insurance company had already paid everything in full and we owed nothing because I had received AND kept all explanation of benefits from our insurance company. Tried calling CFS several times and could never get ANYONE on the phone....just continuous ON HOLD music and messages asking me to leave my contact information so they could call me back within 48 hours. Called my insurance company and they verified that I owed NOTHING because everything had been paid in November 2013. Still trying to get someone to answer the phone.....Sounds like a scam....
I have received 3 calls from Caledonia Financial Services saying I owed money for a doctor visit in the ER. I told them that I never received a bill. They said they mailed two out prior to the call. I then told them I wasn't going to pay anything over the phone and requested they send another invoice. I never received it and when they called again I told them to send another by fax to my home. Never received a bill. NEVER PAY FOR ANYTHING OVER THE PHONE IF YOU DO NOT KNOW WHAT IT IS FOR.
Received a collections bill from Commonwealth Financial Systems for doctors ER services in Jan 2013 with my son's last name wrong. It was legally changed 17 years ago, and that hospital never had any association with it. Have never received anything before now. Called Premera. They said the hospital bill was paid in full in Feb 2013, and they never received a claim from Sterling Emergency Services of WA for the physicians portion. Called CFS. They wanted to verify my address and started reading off an address I have not lived at for almost 20 years, and which that particular hospital would not have known. She said they "just use the information that the hospital gives them." I said I know that's not true because that hospital never knew that name or address, AND the hospital sent me statements and billed everything just fine.
Did phone run-around for a couple hours. Sterling Emergency Services/Caledonia/Cascade Capital/Commonwealth FS/Schumacher Clinical Services are all part of Schumacher Financial, but they act like they have nothing to do with each other.
Checked my son's credit, and it has already been tanked by this, a month ago, before we even knew it existed. I'm sure that will never be cleaned up.
Oh, and the woman at Commonwealth said I could just pay half the amount now, if we just wanted to pay it instead of going through the whole insurance appeal process. EXTORTION
After searching the internet, these companies are pulling this scam ALL THE TIME. How do we stop this?
I have received several phone calls indicating I owe money for an emergency room visit in 2015, and have also received multiple bills that have the appearance of a credit card statement with a balance. I called the hospital-billing department to find out if they billed both my primary and secondary insurance correctly and they can't tell me anything because they said Caledonia bills for physicians separately and they don't have access to the system. So, I decided to call Caledonia thinking I could get this straightened out since I have double coverage and figured the billing wasn't processed correctly perhaps. They immediately ask my name and Social Security upon answering, I refused to give them my S.S., she was offended and rude. She then asked for my account number, I gave it to her and she couldn't find my account, she told me that is the wrong number so I gave it to her again without success again. Then she stated she needed my D.O.B. and address. I reminded her the account number is on the statement you sent me at the address on file and you can't find it? She said she couldn't look it up by the address initially...hmmm. I gave her my D.O.B. and then she still needed my address because there were many people with my name, I asked her with my D.O.B. also? She then suggested I call back when I will share my information so they can look up my account information. Needless to say, I ended the call. Seemed a bit fraudulent and therefore the reason for my post.