River Valley Medicine and Pediatrics has received notification of patient concern assigned ID [redacted] This patient was seen in the office December 7, for a Wellness Screening After patient left his appointment he called the office stating that he had spoken with a representative from *** that informed him that the codes used had expired At the time [redacted] nurse called *** and spoke with [redacted] who stated that the codes were valid Nurse then called and informed the patient that the codes were in fact correct and he verbalized understanding The patient chose to have labs done on December 12, the labs ha out of range results As your healthcare provided we are acting in the patients best interest to order follow up lab test when the initial test show abresults We advised to have follow up labs and obliviously the decision to do the labs and inept the charge is ultimately the patients He had his repeat labs done on December 15, The patient has called both the billing office and the front office concerning this issue several ties due to not wanting to pay the bill he received that was part of this deductible On February 23, patient called the office and informed the front office manager that it is the offices fault and we will take care of the charge The front office manager explained to the patient that he would need to contact the insurance because per *** everything was coded correctly by the office Patient got very upset and was beyond reasoning with so at the time the office manager informed him that if he did not calm down the call would be ended The patient continued to be very rude so at that time the office manager ended the call The charge for was part of patients deductible in which [redacted] has written off as a courtesy to the patient however the bill from [redacted] is beyond our control.Regards,River Valley Medicine and Pediatrics
Revdex.com: I have reviewed the response made by the business in reference to complain [redacted] and have determined that this proposed action would not resolve my complaint For your reference, details of the offer I reviewed appear below First of all, I called to make appointment for an annual checkupThe welling screening is so simple a form and the content of the form is 100% covered under annual check-upDon't try to confuse this form with the annual check up.Secondly, I chose to have labs done because your nurse told me those tests will be covered 100% by insurance Abresults ? You mean Vitamin D? That's covered 100% by insuranceExcuse me, where did I do the repeated labs on Dec 15?? Thirdly, I called before the so-called first lab work and after I came back from your office Dec Never called you since then till Feb I did call my insurance company onceDon't try to mix upThe only time I called turns out terribleWho was so rude to hang up the phone? You requested me to call ***, I did already before I called your officeI specifically told you guys I only wanted an annual check-upWhy would you add extra work? Since your nurse confirmed with ***, why should you to call them to correct the mistakes if there are any? You made mistakes, patients take the consequencesThat's what you doYou don't care your patients at allThat's why people, like me, got upset in the first placeYet, your office won't listen, won't care of courseJust hang upUnbelievable! You will be reviewed, that's the least I can do to help other patients Regards, [redacted] **
River Valley Medicine and Pediatrics has received notification of patient concern assigned ID [redacted] This patient was seen in the office December 7, for a Wellness Screening After patient left his appointment he called the office stating that he had spoken with a representative from *** that informed him that the codes used had expired At the time [redacted] nurse called *** and spoke with [redacted] who stated that the codes were valid Nurse then called and informed the patient that the codes were in fact correct and he verbalized understanding The patient chose to have labs done on December 12, the labs ha out of range results As your healthcare provided we are acting in the patients best interest to order follow up lab test when the initial test show abresults We advised to have follow up labs and obliviously the decision to do the labs and inept the charge is ultimately the patients He had his repeat labs done on December 15, The patient has called both the billing office and the front office concerning this issue several ties due to not wanting to pay the bill he received that was part of this deductible On February 23, patient called the office and informed the front office manager that it is the offices fault and we will take care of the charge The front office manager explained to the patient that he would need to contact the insurance because per *** everything was coded correctly by the office Patient got very upset and was beyond reasoning with so at the time the office manager informed him that if he did not calm down the call would be ended The patient continued to be very rude so at that time the office manager ended the call The charge for was part of patients deductible in which [redacted] has written off as a courtesy to the patient however the bill from [redacted] is beyond our control.Regards,River Valley Medicine and Pediatrics
Revdex.com: I have reviewed the response made by the business in reference to complain [redacted] and have determined that this proposed action would not resolve my complaint For your reference, details of the offer I reviewed appear below First of all, I called to make appointment for an annual checkupThe welling screening is so simple a form and the content of the form is 100% covered under annual check-upDon't try to confuse this form with the annual check up.Secondly, I chose to have labs done because your nurse told me those tests will be covered 100% by insurance Abresults ? You mean Vitamin D? That's covered 100% by insuranceExcuse me, where did I do the repeated labs on Dec 15?? Thirdly, I called before the so-called first lab work and after I came back from your office Dec Never called you since then till Feb I did call my insurance company onceDon't try to mix upThe only time I called turns out terribleWho was so rude to hang up the phone? You requested me to call ***, I did already before I called your officeI specifically told you guys I only wanted an annual check-upWhy would you add extra work? Since your nurse confirmed with ***, why should you to call them to correct the mistakes if there are any? You made mistakes, patients take the consequencesThat's what you doYou don't care your patients at allThat's why people, like me, got upset in the first placeYet, your office won't listen, won't care of courseJust hang upUnbelievable! You will be reviewed, that's the least I can do to help other patients Regards, [redacted] **