I was a temporary employee for 2 years in a large hospital medical billing office. I tried very hard to be hired on as a permanent employee but it never materialized.
As a temporary employee I did not get involved in office politics. In this billing office temporary employees were used on a large scale. I worked in the Medi-cal billing department.
As you are all well aware of by now, trying to get your personal medical bills paid can sometimes become a battle. The last man remaining in this war is the winner.
Now imagine in a large billing office thousands of patients bills never being paid or not being paid correctly. The person whose wonderful job this is to appeal these bills needs to write letters and needs to know how to create the proper letter.
My job in this large office was to do just that - write letters. I wrote all kinds of appeal letters to every insurance company known to mankind.
I quickly found out something amazing with my fellow employees either temporary workers or permanent workers they did not know how to write the correct letter which would get their patient’s bills paid.
I was asked all day about how a letter should be written and I quickly put my letters onto a CD. The CD was passed from person to person. I made sure I told all the people who were using this CD that each letter is an individual and you can not blankly use the letter I gave them, they would have to change it and make it personal.
This is what I am trying to convey to you, the consumer. When you send an appeal letter to your insurance company for any reason, you have to use the first 2 lines to make it the reason for your appeal letter.
I have written sample letters in my book, “How to Appeal Medical Bills.” This book is easy to use and is an excellent guide for the consumer as well as the Medical Provider.
I also wrote a book called, “Appeal and Collection Letters for Medical Providers.” There are sample letters and forms for their use. Writing a letter correctly for the benefit for your bills to get paid and paid correctly is critical.
Copyright Linda E. Meckler
Author of Ghost Kids Trilogy ages 8-14 Kids and Ghost Kids Team up for adventures and mystery. Ending with the hunt for Pirates' Treasure.
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