also i just notice on this paper at the bottomit has my signature above patient parent legal guardian health car agent or other representiative of patient under that is ask for relationship daughter over to the right it has a blank with the words financially responsible partyand relationship if other than above this is not signed by me at all and the top of the paper it has my fathers name and and act # so wouldnt that mean i didnt sign anything that states i would be responsible?
I went to court today on this matter I did a consent to services and under part 4 of this paper it says Financial Responibility and part 2 of that sections it states I also certify that the information given in applying for payment under Medicare and/or Medicaid is true and correct. the laywer stated that he sent me a letter aug 5 of 05 and i called the 24 of aug 05 stating that i would see if it was still cover. I sent them a copy of the card and death cert. they stated they didnt recieve it. and i can show proof i did . but why was i not contacted about this matter if they didnt hear from me or get anything from me?
This is stressful and worse than dealing with the paper work from the other 2 deaths i had to deal with 3 yrs prior to this.
Dear Ayinstar,
The first thing you want to do is to get a copy of the law suit & read it to find out the following;
- Who has filed the law suit against you? (For example, is it the hospital or the anesthesiologist?)
- What are they holding you responsible for? (Is it the negotiated rate, are they charging you interest on the unpaid balance, etc?)
- What is the basis of the suit? (Is it because you are only person they can find or could you have unknowingly signed a document, taking responsibility for payments?)
Depending on the above facts you would have to come up with a defense. Feel free to share more info once you have the answer to the above questions.
Sincerely,
Amir Mostafaie