tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32199165.post3828305045817999045..comments2024-03-28T15:26:12.621-04:00Comments on Blue Country Magic: A Bloody NoseCountryDewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03243893531509380824noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32199165.post-64536294489575255882008-09-08T21:11:00.000-04:002008-09-08T21:11:00.000-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Rebeccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16707087253474424455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32199165.post-27535368836761388322008-09-02T16:38:00.000-04:002008-09-02T16:38:00.000-04:00I have to say my experience is like gingerhillery'...I have to say my experience is like gingerhillery's above. The actual people taking care of me have done a good job, though most of them seem harried more often than not (overload), but the billing and financial people have routinely messed up bills, and then pushed to get the messed up billing paid before it gets straightened up. I've often wondered how many people who don't check their bills carefully (and it's hard to do in some cases) ended up paying a great deal more than they needed to. Odd thing, while I have had numerous mistakes on billings, I've never had one in my favor. Odd, huh?Tom Atkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15068850208360958008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32199165.post-20529214335093408512008-09-01T17:24:00.000-04:002008-09-01T17:24:00.000-04:00I, too, noticed the front page, not terribly affir...I, too, noticed the front page, not terribly affirmative article on the WSJ the other day, and found it humorous, nay, frightening, to read the spin the RT gave that article on a FULL PAGE. Sometimes we will have to compare C-notes, as my husband acquired a MRSA infection in his sternum after open-heart surgery at C. and subsequently several other hospital acquired deadly infections, leading to a 2 week medically induced coma, near death, and months of threatening phone calls by people suggesting that if the entire several hundred thousand dollar bill was not paid in full within 60 days we would experience serious financial repercussions. Frightening. I felt so sorry for all the patients who do not have the experience, education or grit to be able to stand up for themselves. But I guess I better leave it at that! It would take too long to air my grievances here!!! I am so grateful to the staff, the nurses who work so hard, the doctors, but they are not the ones writing policy. They have no clue what the hospital is charging for that pill and bedpan.gingerhillery@mac.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11058818226976530765noreply@blogger.com