Insurance Board: File a complaint with your state insurance board. This may help the cause but could also be a long road. However, it may improve the general cause and hopefully new corrective legislative measure to protect you.
Congress: Write to your congressman or congresswomen. May improve the general cause and hopefully new corrective legislative measure to protect you.
Small Claim Court: The simplest and most efficient is probably to go to small claim court to recover the amount from your insurer.
Commonly asked Questions:
What about the doctor or practice, what are they responsibilities? The final responsibility is unfortunately yours. more
Can you recover from the doctor?If you have signed a billing policy with the practice there is little chance you may recover. Doctors and practices need to be paid to continue treating patients like yourself. This is why they can't take full responsibility of your insurance defaults. More and more practices have had to close because of managed care defaults. You may also find that less and less doctors are available on your insurance plans or that fewer and fewer practices are willing to accept insurance plans as payment.
Can you recover from the insurance company? Yes, see above suggestions.
