Your Medical Bills
How Can Nunez Law Firm Bring Ease of Mind With Your Medical Bills?
During rehabilitation, you should be focused on your recovery, not worrying about how to pay for medical care, that can be extremely expensive. That is where we come in. Here at Nunez Law Firm, our team of law professionals is here to make sure you have all the information you need when it comes to medical bills.
It Can Be Shocking
After the shock and trauma of a serious accident are over, you are left dealing with the pain and suffering of physical injuries and automobile damage. When you factor in the burden that comes with dealing with the at-fault party, the police, and insurance companies, you’re faced with a very stressful situation. And then the medical bills start rolling in.
It’s hard enough to pay the exorbitant fees for an ambulance, hospital or emergency room visit, X-rays, labs, and specialists as it is, especially if you’re hurt and out of work as a result of your accident. Personal injury claims can take months and, in extreme cases, sometimes even years to resolve. What are your options for paying these often excessive medical bills, and how can you afford to get the treatment you need to get better and build your case? A personal injury lawyer can help.
How Can We Help?
A personal injury lawyer is a valuable ally in any personal injury case, particularly as it pertains to your medical bills. Lawyers are familiar with medical billing practices and can help you understand those charges. We also understand common techniques medical providers use to inflate hospital bills, including unclear fee structures, unnecessary treatments, and “chargemaster” pricing—using a computerized billing system that charges patients the full amount for all emergency services rendered, rather than the discounted price offered to insurance companies.
Hospitals, while offering vital medical treatments to emergency room patients, are also in the business of profit. Hospital billing departments bet that accident victims will not dispute charges and will not understand how to fight for fair pricing. Hospitals also often rely on hospital liens to attempt to secure their right to payment of an inflated bill by hijacking your settlement, rather than submitting the bill to the patient’s health insurance. This practice is predatory and can be fought.
This is exactly why an attorney can be so useful in obtaining more reasonable medical charges. Your attorney will pressure hospitals to obtain an itemized list of the charges and then determine which costs have been inflated. Then, he or she will fight to eliminate or drastically reduce them to reflect their actual value. Finally, your lawyer will look for evidence of double billing, which occurs when a healthcare provider attempts to bill both you and your insurance for the same treatment, or when a provider tries to charge more than once for the same service, often by using an individual code once, and then again as part of a bundled set of charges.
Call Us Today!
At Nunez Law Firm, we want to make sure you are covered when it comes to medical bills. Accidents are never fun and can lead to devastating injuries. For more information, be sure to visit us or call to schedule an appointment. Our professionals look forward to hearing from you.
