I may have a big problem. My insurance, Fallon, has rejected a visit I had with my surgeon. She works for melrose wakefield hospital, which is owned by Tufts - it is who my PCP works for. All my doctors have been affiliated with them for years. The surgeon works for them too. I went through Fallon's 1800 page doctor list and no one from melr-wakefield is even listed. Tufts told me to call the billing dept but of course I couldn't even get thru today. I thought Tufts took care of this but their referral person couldnt help me. Now I am starting to freak out and will need to call first thing in the morning.
I also need to reschedule an appt with the optometrist in Natick where I am looking for glasses. Nat is going to come with me, but can only do Friday. If I manage to get everything ELSE done tomorrow, I might go with Mark to visit my dad's cousin Ed Kaufman, who is in a rehab in Belmost. I feel badly that I haven't visited, as he is family. Mark knows him better so I thought maybe he'd go with me. It is great to not be working because I have actually been really busy getting things done. Also seeing and talking to friends and family who have come out of the woodwork to check on me, call me, text me, visit me, feed me, etc. I am not taking any of this for granted.
Update, I called Fallon customer sevice and was told that it was probably a billing error and I should wait and see if I get an actual bill. If not, it was probably fixed. Since this IS the second denial notice I've gotten, I'm getting a bit paranoid. She said it had something to do with an add-on visit of fifteen minutes. If I could actually see a list of everything I've had done there, and the costs all broken down, my head would probably explode. I'll bet every pill they give me would be listed..
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