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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Dentist mistakenly billed my insurance in the beginning of Oct. '17 for someone else's procedure. I emailed the dental office and told them they've billed incorrectly and they called to tell me they put in my insurance info by mistake instead of the other person's. They said they'd correct it. 5 months later I'm getting a letter from the insurance company that they overpaid on my insurance and the dentist is not restoring that payment to them. The consequences of that fall on me -- [b]they'll withhold payment on any procedures I have done until the bill is paid.[/b]

I have proof that they billed insurance incorrectly, proof that my insurance company paid them by mistake, but now what? Do I have to sue the dentist? It's only $500, but I shouldn't have to pay that when the dentist owes it back to the insurance company. Anyone have experience with this?[/quote]

Just to clarify- the insurance company says they will not pay any more claims for you until the dentist pays them back?
I would ask the insurance company  for a copy of your policy documents and where it is stated that they can do this. It should be on the insurance company to fight with the dentist, not you. They can threaten to drop him as an in network provider which will likely hurt his business as patients go elsewhere. [/quote]

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