i need to know if a doctor who is signed up with an insurance company (what do they call that? enrolled? an enrolled provider?)
well, what i need to know is, if a doctor is accepting say, XYZ insurance
and he decided he doesn't want to accept that insurance any more,
can he dis-enroll/leave the company and BACKDATE the dis-enrollment??
i know this must sound bizarre, why would a doctor want to do this, but this is exactly what i was just told that my doctor did
leaving ME stuck with bills back to Oct of last year. Unless he calls and decided to back date this even more, who knows?
and if he can do this, i am guessing any doctor can- so if you have insurance, well, maybe you really DON'T have insurance, because the doctor can leave the program at will, at any time, and even back date it...
this sounds horribly unethical, but is it legal?
well, what i need to know is, if a doctor is accepting say, XYZ insurance
and he decided he doesn't want to accept that insurance any more,
can he dis-enroll/leave the company and BACKDATE the dis-enrollment??
i know this must sound bizarre, why would a doctor want to do this, but this is exactly what i was just told that my doctor did
leaving ME stuck with bills back to Oct of last year. Unless he calls and decided to back date this even more, who knows?
and if he can do this, i am guessing any doctor can- so if you have insurance, well, maybe you really DON'T have insurance, because the doctor can leave the program at will, at any time, and even back date it...
this sounds horribly unethical, but is it legal?