Insult to Injury

I wish I had something other than a cliche for the title.

If I thought about it a little, I might be able to come up with something, but I'm not that ambitious right now.
::sigh:::

So Providence managed to find my paperwork and properly process billing for the Mongolian clusterfuck (x2) in the ER.

Now, instead of $6500, I 'only' owe $850.00.
FOR EACH VISIT.

I also haven't heard what happened with the investigation. What I wanted to have happen is that my letters/words would be printed out and given to everyone involved in not bothering to take care of business. I don't know if that happened, but I'm going to ask.

I sent an email this morning.
It went to both the hospital investigator person and the clinic investigator person.

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I had negligent and plain incompetent care from my clinic and from the ER at Providence main campus in JULY.

It's now mid-September.

Doesn't matter, though, I'm still stuck with Providence if I want my insurance to cover.

After asking several friends for their recommendations, I have made an appointment at a different Providence clinic to consult a different provider and see if she might be able to understand my needs and provide competent care, but they're unable to see me until mid-October.

Since I have an ongoing condition and a prescription that expires in a little over a week, I have no choice but to go back to the same clinic that made the string of errors and patronized and dismissed me when I called for help.

I am not happy about this.
It makes me feel sick and scared.
I don't even want to walk back through those doors.

Neither of those hospital visits would have happened if I hadn't been prescribed (different) medication(s) one after the other after the other after the other that I didn't need in the first place.

My life was endangered because of that and because no one I spoke to on the phone at the clinic seemed to understand that 220/178 BP was a life-threatening emergency.

My doctor, with whom I had developed some degree of trust, seems to be gaslighting me.

At least that's the impression I have received from the bits of correspondence on MyChart.

Let's admit I wouldn't have a gigantic hospital bill that happened SOLELY because of negligence on the part of my "healthcare" provider.

And that no one ever called to find out how I was doing after the craziness. When I had to take our dog to the vet for some routine care, they called me three times in the next week to make sure she was doing okay post-treatment.

Let's not forget that I've heard absolutely NOTHING about the resolution of any of these issues.

I'm not inclined to sit quietly and wait any longer.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I  got a response from the person in charge of investigating the hospital side of things. "Reviews have been completed at the hospital and follow up done with nursing, security, MD"  Her email also contained this line, "The billing for your hospital stay is on hold as well while we investigate. "

So I responded.
"Right now I'm holding an 'explanation of benefits' that came in the mail a couple days ago.
It tells me my responsibility for the craziness and incompetence and callous disregard for my health is almost $850.00. There is no mention of this bill being 'on hold', either."

She responded quickly. "I am going to look at the billing today and see what I can do. Be right back to you ASAP! So sorry for your worries Susan, this is just added on top of everything else going on right now."

So we'll see.
With the things that have happened, I am not expecting miracles.

It would be nice to have one, but I'm not expecting it.

I'm definitely going to ask if my words were passed on, though.
It would be nice to hear they had.