Things That Are Bothering You, Got You All Hibbeldy-Jibbeldy, or just downright pissed, RIGHT NOW!

[brokencycle]

To be fair, I've had the opposite happen with ebay items.

Post an auction (either without a BIN or with a high BIN), get a request to sell it now for a fixed price...reject it and item ends up selling for double their offer.

For items with arbitrary values, hard to know for sure. Auction should be the best mechanism for price discovery in theory, but it will only tell you the willingness to pay of the SECOND highest bidder which could be far from that of the high bidder in a thin market.

Auction theory. So hot.

Tell me more about your thin markets with two willing bidders.

 

[Ambulance Chaser]

I feel like you could probably push back on the validity of those charges.

What did they do for you that was different from a current patient? Sure doesn’t sound like they did any sort of exam.

Probably had to fill out extra paperwork as a new patient, but IIRC they can’t bill for that as it is not a medical service performed by a licensed medical professional.

Maybe try your insurance first—they typically don’t like paying for procedures that didn’t actually occur.

Thanks. That's what I did. One Medical confirmed that I should not have been charged the new patient office visit fee, and will send me a new bill in a few weeks hopefully with that fee redacted. My post has unofficially been moved to the "Things that are making you happy" thread.

 

[otc]

Thanks. That's what I did. One Medical confirmed that I should not have been charged the new patient office visit fee, and will send me a new bill in a few weeks hopefully with that fee redacted. My post has unofficially been moved to the "Things that are making you happy" thread.

It still belongs in this thread. I bet they did that **** because they know most people will just pay the bill without question.

 

[edinatlanta]

It still belongs in this thread. I bet they did that **** because they know most people will just pay the bill without question.

That and no one knows what the final price will be. I remember listening/reading to one story about medical billing and they said if you ask for an itemized bill, it will almost assuredly go down.

 

[jbarwick]

I worked for a public hospital company at one point. I was tasked with figuring out the top 25 highest cost items the company used give the 200+ hospitals we owned at the time. I kid you not, the company had no clue what items cost. We had estimates but no one could supply an invoice to say this high cost item cost $x. I even called hospitals and talked to various people who should know what they are paying for things. It was a complete mess.

After learning this, they paid for me to take a bunch of trips and check out vendors to help us solve this. After a few months of doing this and selecting a hand full of vendors to come onsite, the IT team after the first meeting said, we do not have the data to solve this question so we should not even put out an RFP after these discussions.

Most of the time, the company would take the reimbursement Medicare would pay, then for the various flavors of private insurance would put a multiple on the MC payment and say done.

Final nail in the coffin of why I left HC. The company had an elevator break down in random small town hospital. I was the "Director of Capital Management" and get a request after 3 weeks for funding to fix the elevator. Easy approve. The worst part was that the maternity ward was on one floor and the recovery ward was on a different floor so to get mama from delivery to recovery, they would put their women in wheel chairs and bounce them down the stairs. Why did this take 3 weeks to get to me, let alone why did it need JBs approval and was not automatic from the beginning? Good grief.

 

[venividivicibj]

Funny that NYC finally experiences Wildfire smog and its front page news. Bruh, LA/SF (and sometimes Seattle/Portland) get that **** every year/every other year.

Cool story bro, glad you guys finally caught on.

 

[sugarbutch]

Funny that NYC finally experiences Wildfire smog and its front page news. Bruh, LA/SF (and sometimes Seattle/Portland) get that **** every year/every other year.

Cool story bro, glad you guys finally caught on.

The answer lies within your complaint: It is common—and therefore expected—when it happens here. It is uncommon there. Dog bites man vs man bites dog.

 

[ter1413]

I didn't want to risk pressing the tip further down the canal, so I went to my local One Medical office down the street to get it removed. The nurse located the tip and pulled it out of my ear in five seconds with tweezers.

Spoiler

 

[otc]

I don't like Rover (the gig-economy app for pet sitting).

I really miss having a consistent service that's run as a business (shout out to Uptown Pet Services...if you're on the north side of Chicago, they are solid). You contact them and they have someone available, even if it is a holiday. Short notice? That's OK, they have your instructions on record (and possibly a key...I was in a doorman building so key handoff was a non-issue) and don't need to come and see you first.

Unfortunately I haven't found anyone like that here. There are individual dog walkers and stuff, but no service where someone is in charge and hires people to make sure they can meet demand.

I keep hoping I will at least find someone good on Rover that I can keep using. The people I have found have all been pretty good, but they all disappearing from the platform. Not surprising as it is a very transient-friendly way to earn some money...but not convenient for me. Or now the last person I used is even still on the platform, but I messaged yesterday and haven't gotten a response.

Which means I have to keep going through this song and dance of messaging people, hoping they are available and able to take my booking, and then scheduling a time to show them the details of caring for my cat and hand over a key.

edit: and cat-care is clearly an afterthought in the app. For instance, I have to pick a specific time range when searching/booking, but honestly I don't care what time you come--come whenever is most convenient for you (the cat doesn't really care what time a stranger comes to the house to terrify her). It also lets you book every other day appointments, but it won't let you pick those days until later in the booking process (given how terrified the cat is, we think it is better for her to just get food and water topped up every other day).

 

[patrick_b]

That and no one knows what the final price will be. I remember listening/reading to one story about medical billing and they said if you ask for an itemized bill, it will almost assuredly go down.

It's a full time job keeping track of invoices, EOB's, etc. So many people just pay the first bill that comes in the mail. It shouldn't be this hard.

My mother in law was transferred from a small community hospital to Mass General last year. Before they settled on MGH, they called three or four Boston area hospitals looking for a bed and specialist.

Sadly she did not make it and to make matters worse, a year later, my 85 y/o father in law received bills from each of the hospitals that were simply called looking for a bed. Thankfully my wife's been helping him and each set of fees was discharged after a phone call or two. He was ready to shell out thousands because it said invoice.

 

[mhip]

JFC she just keeps going back for more servings…

 

[Texasmade]

JFC she just keeps going back for more servings…

Wood?

 

[mhip]

Wood?

I definitely wouldn't kiss her.

 

[jcman311]

JFC she just keeps going back for more servings…

Whats the use of mining nose gold if you can’t enjoy it?

 

[SixOhNine]

Gotta say, having my mother in law come over and go through an hour long detailed summary of how every item at the grocery store has gone up in price is not what I consider an ideal birthday.