1 /5 Cindy Haynes: This is regarding URMC Billing Dept. only--NOT the medical care.
After filing a billing harassment complaint with the Integrity/Compliance Office, the matter was taken care of very quickly. As instructed, I will NOW forward all future bills to--Patient Relations rather than the Billing Dept. It amazes me that one has to file a formal complaint to get URMC Billers to do their job. After filing the complaint, the very next day URMC billers submitted my bill to the CORRECT insurance address that I and BCBS had given them (MANY times in the past) and the bill was paid immediately. The day I contacted the Office of Integrity/Compliance, I actually received a THIRD bill during a 7-day period. This unscrupulous behavior is particularly bothersome as we pay over $1000/month for our insurance. URMC needs to change billing companies now or these people need further education. Im seriously wondering where you get these people.
I would like to be paid for all the time I spend trying to school these people on how to do their jobs. They are unable to follow ONE simple instruction--send the bill to the correct address which I provide them with. I do not have time for this nonsense--Im a caretaker 6 days a week.
I deal with Rochester Regional, a Dental Practice, and Lattimore Physical Therapy. How is it that they can get it right every time?!
No reply is necessary. Please dont try to come up with any excuses. There is no way to spin this. I give them the correct address and they just cant be bothered. This has been going on for years. There is nothing more to say on this subject other than get rid of these uneducated, lazy (maybe illiterate?) billers.