Contact Denver7 is getting results for a Lakewood couple sent to collections for an $800 medical bill from a doctor they say they never met
David and Jennifer Piwonski have been fighting the bill after they were served paperwork last month. They had been sent to collections for a medical bill they claim they never received.In 2021, David Piwonski spent eight days in Sky Ridge Medical Center after an abdominal aneurysm. It was in-patient treatment, but the surprise bill was for outpatient services.
"So we call this sort of drive-by doctoring," said Adam Fox with Colorado Consumer Health Initiative, who said this sort of billing is no longer legal under the federal No Surprised Act, which went into effect two weeks after the hospital stay."It is pretty ridiculous for a consumer to get a bill like this, for out-of-network services, considering that there are robust legal protections now in place.
In a statement to Contact Denver7, Aspen Medical Management, the physician's billing representative defended the bill: Since then, however, the Piwonski's said their insurance company, United Healthcare, reprocessed the claim. They also signed up with Naviguard, a consumer advocacy company addressing out-of-network complaints.
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