Another Way to Get an Incorrect Medical Bill Corrected

In my post titled How to Get an Incorrect Medical Bill Corrected, I noted that a Money magazine reader had gotten a wrong medical bill corrected by using a service from her senator's office. A reader offered this comment which I think is another GREAT way to get a bill corrected:

I had an erroneous charge (of $1,400) from the hospital after I gave birth - they knew it was a mistake, but nobody would fix it. I called numerous times, wrote numerous letters..and nothing happened. Finally, my mother (who works for a hospital) told me to write to their PR Department (each hospital has one) and explain the whole situation and that I was going to write a big letter to the L.A. Times (my local paper) if they didn't fix this problem right away. Needless to say, within a short time, it was cleared up.

Ha! What a great idea! Seems like this certainly would work well -- and be well worth following through if they said you owed a large amount.

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[mapgirl]

Try the local TV news. They often have a consumer advocacy feature that will publicize a problem like this too. The only downside to this is that I don't own a TV, so I don't know which station does this where I live!