RE: Deb Gibson update/newspaper

[Guest guest]

Hey Debbie -- I went and read the article. I am so glad that it

worked out for you. I hope you can find another hospital quickly.

And nice picture!

Bonnie Lou

>

> Hi everyone, the story about my battle with the hospital where I

get the photopheresis is in the Cincinnati Enquirer today...It will

air tonight on Indiana ABC Affilitate Channel 6 this evening...Hubby

tells me that there are many emails already about the story...AND

that one person wrote...why did I not just pay the money I owed????

LOL Well, since our deductible and out of pocket is $5000, clearly,

I did not owe any more than that...duh, and further, this person

missed the huge fact that the hospital fraudently had me sign the

form, stating they CANNOT bill Medicare without it...anyway, it is

there if anyone wants to read...I am tired....off to lie down...now

the battle begins to A)find another place for my tx...and to be

sure that no other Medicare patient is fraudulently forced to sign

the form...

> Take care, Debbie

>

>

[Guest guest]

Thanks Bonnie..I hope the story serves to help any of us on Medicare...I know I

tend to believe what others tell me....Ugh on the picture..altho Rudy looked

adorable! :>)) He is the 12 yr old cocker we adopted a few years ago....what a

sweetie...

Debbie

rheumatic Re: Deb Gibson update/newspaper

Hey Debbie -- I went and read the article. I am so glad that it

worked out for you. I hope you can find another hospital quickly.

And nice picture!

Bonnie Lou

>

> Hi everyone, the story about my battle with the hospital where I

get the photopheresis is in the Cincinnati Enquirer today...It will

air tonight on Indiana ABC Affilitate Channel 6 this evening...Hubby

tells me that there are many emails already about the story...AND

that one person wrote...why did I not just pay the money I owed????

LOL Well, since our deductible and out of pocket is $5000, clearly,

I did not owe any more than that...duh, and further, this person

missed the huge fact that the hospital fraudently had me sign the

form, stating they CANNOT bill Medicare without it...anyway, it is

there if anyone wants to read...I am tired....off to lie down...now

the battle begins to A)find another place for my tx...and to be

sure that no other Medicare patient is fraudulently forced to sign

the form...

> Take care, Debbie

>

>

[Guest guest]

Debbie I guess some people have that kind of money. I guess that person is

not on disability, retired or on a fixed income!!

Hope they call you and tell you that you can come back to the hospital for

your treatment and they apologize due to the media !!! It will be a first

for me because every time I have contacted the media about something I was

ignored so all I can say is " GOOD FOR YOU DEB!!!!! "

Cooky

From: rheumatic [mailto:rheumatic ] On Behalf

Of DEBBIE GIBSON

Sent: Monday, February 02, 2009 1:13 PM

support group

Subject: rheumatic Deb Gibson update/newspaper

Hi everyone, the story about my battle with the hospital where I get the

photopheresis is in the Cincinnati Enquirer today...It will air tonight on

Indiana ABC Affilitate Channel 6 this evening...Hubby tells me that there

are many emails already about the story...AND that one person wrote...why

did I not just pay the money I owed???? LOL Well, since our deductible and

out of pocket is $5000, clearly, I did not owe any more than that...duh, and

further, this person missed the huge fact that the hospital fraudently had

me sign the form, stating they CANNOT bill Medicare without it...anyway, it

is there if anyone wants to read...I am tired....off to lie down...now the

battle begins to A)find another place for my tx...and to be sure that no

other Medicare patient is fraudulently forced to sign the form...

Take care, Debbie

[Guest guest]

Hi, Cooky, I don't think that person read the entire piece....why would I pay

when I did not owe it...they were trying to use that form...that they falsely

had me sign, telling me I had to to submit a claim to Medicare and then balance

billing me whatever ins had not paid...because they were billing wrong, ins was

denying claims...I ignored it...

I don't think that the hosp will apologize at all...even tho we have them on

tape saying that, about the form...how it is required to submit a claim...and we

have proof that they are billing incorrectly...they stillrespsonded to the paper

and in the letter to me...that they have not billed incorrectly and further that

they have notdone anything in appropriate...they are lying outright...and they

know I can prove it...I have a phone consult with one atty today and will

probably sue them...they should be sued for doing that to disabled patients...

Keep you all posted...oh, and re the newspaper...it took me months for them to

be interested..I called them, wrote emails....finally I looked up online all

their editors and went down the list calling...finally foundone who sent out a

reporter...Steve Kimme...he did a good job...took weeks of effort tho...most

editors told me it was a billing dispute and were not interested,....This editor

understood it was attempted defrauding fo a Medicare patient...she got it...

Hugs to you...hang in there..Debb

rheumatic Deb Gibson update/newspaper

Hi everyone, the story about my battle with the hospital where I get the

photopheresis is in the Cincinnati Enquirer today...It will air tonight on

Indiana ABC Affilitate Channel 6 this evening...Hubby tells me that there

are many emails already about the story...AND that one person wrote...why

did I not just pay the money I owed???? LOL Well, since our deductible and

out of pocket is $5000, clearly, I did not owe any more than that...duh, and

further, this person missed the huge fact that the hospital fraudently had

me sign the form, stating they CANNOT bill Medicare without it...anyway, it

is there if anyone wants to read...I am tired....off to lie down...now the

battle begins to A)find another place for my tx...and to be sure that no

other Medicare patient is fraudulently forced to sign the form...

Take care, Debbie