Tuesday October 28, 2014
Today I had to do lab work again, a blood draw for a CBC (complete blood count). And since it's Tuesday they did x-rays again.
The nurse told me that I did have a few white cells in my urine but that it wasn't enough for an actual infection. So she gave me the prescription for the Phenazopyridine. It would be three pills a day. And they would turn my urine a deep orange color.
I also found out today that the hospital would resubmit one of my medical claims. I'd been trying for weeks to get them to fix one of my medical bills. My medical insurance is squirrely and not even Cigna fully knows how it is supposed to work. I've learned, and I always make sure I'm billed correctly.
I couldn't get the doctor's office or Cigna to understand why it was billed wrong, to verify it, nor fix it. I finally got in touch with a benefits analyst at the hospital to look into it, and they got back to me saying that I was correct, that the procedure would be "pulled into Tier 1", and that the claim would be resubmitted. It meant a difference of $180 to me. This is why I scrutinize my claims to make sure I'm being billed correctly. There are ALWAYS mistakes. In the past I've had all my claims audited just to look for erroneous charges. My oncologist's office had also overcharged me, saying I had a $75 copay that I later came to find out should have only been $20! Got that straightened out a couple weeks ago. Glad this one finally got fixed too.
Yay, small victory today!
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