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 Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 4:40 pm Subject: Sent to collections w/o being contacted by original creditor |
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I had surgery in early January. The doctor and the hospital billed my insurance and sent a bill for the remainder. However in a routine check of my credit report I discovered that the radiologist sent me to collections without even sending me a bill or contacting me. In further research of my credit report I see that this radiologist opened my account on 9.18.06 and send me to collections on 12.29.2006. The surgery that I reported having earlier did not occur until 1.6.07 and I DID NOT have any medical procedures in 2006.
I feel that this radiologist is trying to take advantage of my already poor credit history but just sending me to collections AND pre-dating the account to make the debt look older.
I live in Washington State - What can I do about this?
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laconic1981
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Laconic,
Fix an appointment with the radiologist and know what he is trying to do on your account. You can fix payment plans with him after resolving all the disputes and won't have to deal with the collection agency hired by him.
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Howard
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| Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 4:49 pm Subject: |
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Laconic, did you contact the radiologist about this? It may have not been intentional and could have been an error mad by his billing department. I would call them and tell them about the problem.
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