I am another victim of the Mayo Clinic's inventive accounting. They overcharged me by $40,000 and now this slimy collection agency bunch is harassing me. I now live in London, England but the calls continue. If this is an example of the self proclaimed "World Class Centre of Medical Excellence", I think perhaps someone should look at their accounting department a little more closely. It is most certainly not excellent in any way!!
A very rude lady called me today AT MY JOB regarding a service Mayo clinic did not bother to pre-auth, did not tell me they didn't pre-auth, and now want 5K from me. She threatened to take me to court. I told her you can't get blood out of a turnip, and she said, well a turnip didn't get this service. Very funny. I am sending her Clark Howard's "drop dead" letter citing the Fair Debt Collections Act, so she cannot contact me at work. The ridiculous thing is that this service was not emergent, could have been put off until pre-authed, and I have a case manager who could have gotten it pre-authed, if they had only informed me of the lack of a pre-authorization. Ridiculous. When you have had breast cancer twice, a bilateral mastectomy, failed reconstruction, live in constant pain that also causes high blood pressure,and you are suing your plastic surgeon for causing that, you not only do not need this at work, but it doesn't frighten me.
They had to repeat tests on me only because they had conflicting information amongst themselves. I shouldn't have to pay for their errors, but did. I would NOT recommend Mayo Clinic. A decent Hematologist/Oncologist is worth more.
They had to repeat tests on me only because they had conflicting information amongst themselves. I shouldn't have to pay for their errors, but did. I would NOT recommend Mayo Clinic. A decent Hematologist/Oncologist is worth more.