1 /5 J Z: They bill me over $400 for a 20 minute first patient visit. 4 months later I get an extremely large co-pay bill of $85. The amount above is what Medicare will not cover. They know what that amount is so why bill so much knowing the patient will get this bill? I call in to ask about it to see if there is anything they can do to remedy it. Local office will not help you with anything billing related. They send you to their third party billing who won’t answer the phone and you can’t get anyone. I wait hoping but they keep sending bills. I know I don’t owe this bill. I send a certified cannot afford to pay large co-pay letter which most places will work with you on if in the least monthly payments. No response and then wham I get a letter from a medical collection agency stating I owe $85. Seriously, right after doing that with no response and just send me directly to collections? I send a certified dispute to Medicare which I had planned to do and also to the collection agency that I was doing that. I get a response back stating since I was they were referring it back to the third party billing. Out of all the expensive hospital visits I’ve had over the years this has never happened. Just don’t go here for your family doctor. They are screwing your insurance over and nothing you can do if you do get a large co-pay. Don’t go to Optim Primary Care especially if you’re retired
or disabled.
