Dunning letter for medical bill EX didn’t pay

[Anonymous]

Ex took DC to an urgent care that doesn’t accept my insurance. DC is covered under my insurance and I generally pay all copays. Ex ignored bill from the urgent care and now they want me to pay it (a few hundred). What recourse do I have?

[Anonymous]

File it through your insurance as out of network, and then ask your ex to split the remaining amount with you.

[Anonymous]

Call the urgent care and say he is the responsible party, not you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:File it through your insurance as out of network, and then ask your ex to split the remaining amount with you.

I will do that, though I think I will need to pay them on Monday to avoid it going to collection.

[Anonymous]

What does the child support order say about uncovered medical costs? It should be handled in the same way anything before your deductible is, or copays, etc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:File it through your insurance as out of network, and then ask your ex to split the remaining amount with you.

I will do that, though I think I will need to pay them on Monday to avoid it going to collection.

How long have you been sitting on this bill?

Usually with out of network, I pay it, and get reimbursed through the insurance benefits.

[Anonymous]

The court really is t going to care what your divorce agreement says when it comes to paying the urgent care. The divorce agreement is between you and your ex. Nothing good will come of this going to collections.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:File it through your insurance as out of network, and then ask your ex to split the remaining amount with you.

I will do that, though I think I will need to pay them on Monday to avoid it going to collection.

How long have you been sitting on this bill?

Usually with out of network, I pay it, and get reimbursed through the insurance benefits.

They just notified me a couple days ago. He’s gotten notices for a couple months.

[Anonymous]

If a family or friend took your sick child to the Urgent Care, how would you handle it?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What does the child support order say about uncovered medical costs? It should be handled in the same way anything before your deductible is, or copays, etc.

We split her uncovered dental and PT. An estimate is built into CS and anything over that we split. This never should have happened. when the accident happened, they were equidistant from an urgent care that does take my insurance. He wanted the urgent care that was closer to his home.

[Anonymous]

I would pay it just to get rid of the hassle. Not worth it,

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would pay it just to get rid of the hassle. Not worth it,

It’s a significant sum for us at this time. My DH has cancer and we had both less income and much higher OOP medical bills this year. Our savings are depleted. We can pay it, but it will hurt.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If a family or friend took your sick child to the Urgent Care, how would you handle it?

My friends or family would have asked me first which urgent care. They also would have had me meet them there so I would have known about the bill. They would not have sat on the bill until the urgent care felt they had to contact me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:File it through your insurance as out of network, and then ask your ex to split the remaining amount with you.

I will do that, though I think I will need to pay them on Monday to avoid it going to collection.

No big deal. It's not the end of the world if it goes to collections. Once your insurance pays you, you can pay the urgent care directly what you owe them. It only become a credit issue if it goes to court and there's a judgment against you. You can start by calling the urgent care and asking them to file with your insurance or to wait and give you time to file directly.

[Anonymous]

When it come to things like qualifying for a home loan small medical collections don’t factor in. Ask any mortgage broker.