I received a bill from the hospital after my baby was born. As I do with all bills I read it carefully.
I do not know medical billing but I did find something that puzzled me. There was a tray with a number that was charged twice.
I had no idea what it was so I called the hospital and asked. The woman was very nice while letting me know that I was interfering with her day.
She looked in her list of medical terms. Then she looked at her copy of my bill.
Tray number whatever was for performing a circumcision. They were charging me twice for my son's circumcision.
She very kindly took it from the bill.
If I had been afraid to ask I would have been overcharged.
A good thing to remember is that if you ask you will get one of two responses. In the case above the response was positive. I saved some money.
If the response had been negative the charge would have stayed on the bill. and I would have paid it. I would only have lost some time.
If you have a question always ask. You never know which answer will come but it is better than not knowing.
I thought you were going to tell us that you had delivered a daughter! LOL! Yes indeed, it is always better to check on things and ask questions!
ReplyDeleteI had 4 babies. My beautiful daughter was number 4. It is funnt what a brain jumps to at times.
DeleteAgreed Emma that asking is always the best and doing in a polite way is also important. Glad you saved money by asking.
ReplyDeleteAsking is often the easiest way to find out. Think what we do not know because we did not ask.
DeleteIt is a loss to ourselves if we are afraid to ask, no matter what the outcome will be.
ReplyDeleteWe shall earn, whether in terms of money or experience.
Exactly. That is one of the reasons we can talk.
DeleteYou're absolutely right Emma,
ReplyDeletewe need to ask. In the past I was ashamed and didn't do it, now I'm asking as you suggest.
I envy you all the things you will learn. I have often said you cannot deal with something if you do not know what it is. And remember the answers will either be positive or negative. If positive no problem. If negative you can take care of it.
DeleteHey! NOW I know you are! I remember you telling us you weren't really Emma, so is Mimmy Lynn your real name? You might have to remind you that you are Emma,the corn fed gal. My memory is bad, Im old!!
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