Hello,
My mom was recently discharged from a hospital with an order for home health to follow. This included RN, PT and OT. She has VA for her medical but in this case needed to go to the closest hospital. There was mention of a mobile physician going out to her home-I declined as I was setting her up with the VA to follow which included blood draws, MD, RN. Anyway, because my mom was not 100% alert...they ordered this. My mom did not have a clue who was coming and going. Long story short.....she has about $1500 dollars to pay that Medicare would not pay for. This is for the MD visit that wasn't VA and the lab draw that also wasn't VA. She doesn't have money...they are on a very limited budget. Anybody out there have any suggestions for this?
Thank you and bless you all.
Was no one with Mom when the Mobile agency admitted her? Same with the second PT, OT people. There has to be an admittance process.
Have they got your mother's signature on anything? If so, you'll need to argue that she wasn't capable of consenting at the time. If they insist she was, you point to the fact that they had been liaising with you throughout and therefore knew perfectly well that your mother was not in command of the decisions.
Anyway, you refused the service, she wasn't with it, and you had also explained to them that you were in the process of organising the recommended follow-up through her authorised providers. It's their error.
Hmm... did they tell you that they had ordered the visit once they'd done it but before the visit happened? Or was the bill the first you heard of it?
$1500 for a home visit and set of bloods! Yowch.