I think I've only been accused of stealing twice...
once when I was maybe four, one of my friends had a really cool gumball machine that she wouldn't let me operate. When she left the room, I tested it and more than one gumball came out and I got busted. I had to apologize and go home.
and...
today...
the doctor whom I used to work for sent me an uncool email.
"I wanted to contact you directly myself before you saw a statement in the mail so you know what is going on. I have a new insurance person who has been auditing our books and she has discovered a lot of very big charges that were filed and you were paid but then never paid us. These charges start in October 2006 and go until the last time I saw you. Here is what they are:
1. 10/25/06 - ION Panel done. This was billed at $3412
2. 12/19/06 - You did an IV Iron infusion. This was billed at $296
3. 1/9/07 - IV iron again - Billed at $296
4. 4/17/07 - IV iron - billed at $296
5. 5/21/07 - labs done. Billed to insurance at $447
6. 11/27/07 - labs done. Billed to insurance at $669
The total for these services is $5416.00. We have confirmed that BCBS paid you $3211.70 for these charges. These payments came to you and we have confirmed that those checks were cashed.
You have other charges, specifically your office visit in January, which was applied to deductible.
The bottom line is that I provided these services to you without asking you to pay anything up front with the intention that when you received a payment from BCBS, you would forward the checks to us or pay us that amount. I was willing to accept what insurance paid and not ask for anything beyond that. Now that I have discovered that you have been paid quite a bit of money, but did not reimburse us, this is money that you now owe. Unless you can find evidence that you have paid us this amount (which we don’t see anywhere), then this is an outstanding balance that we are due.
I’m sorry to hit you with this and know that this is a lot of money, but you have in fact received this money and it is rightly ours. Keeping that money and not paying us was not the right thing to do.
At this point, we need you to send us a check for $3211.70 and this will cover the money that you have been paid. As I said, you don’t owe for anything else. This will get us current. I would appreciate getting this money as soon as possible as it was paid to you a long time ago. Please let me know if I have gotten this information wrong, but I have studied our reports and they look pretty clear.
Thanks."
accusing me of not paying him insurance payments when I received them in the mail. What an idiot. He's about to lose an excellent ex-employee that was available for work whenever he needed (until now), a source of income from office visits (even though he says I'm not paying), and a patient that was WAS telling other people that they should go see him because he's great...
and...
today...
the doctor whom I used to work for sent me an uncool email.
"I wanted to contact you directly myself before you saw a statement in the mail so you know what is going on. I have a new insurance person who has been auditing our books and she has discovered a lot of very big charges that were filed and you were paid but then never paid us. These charges start in October 2006 and go until the last time I saw you. Here is what they are:
1. 10/25/06 - ION Panel done. This was billed at $3412
2. 12/19/06 - You did an IV Iron infusion. This was billed at $296
3. 1/9/07 - IV iron again - Billed at $296
4. 4/17/07 - IV iron - billed at $296
5. 5/21/07 - labs done. Billed to insurance at $447
6. 11/27/07 - labs done. Billed to insurance at $669
The total for these services is $5416.00. We have confirmed that BCBS paid you $3211.70 for these charges. These payments came to you and we have confirmed that those checks were cashed.
You have other charges, specifically your office visit in January, which was applied to deductible.
The bottom line is that I provided these services to you without asking you to pay anything up front with the intention that when you received a payment from BCBS, you would forward the checks to us or pay us that amount. I was willing to accept what insurance paid and not ask for anything beyond that. Now that I have discovered that you have been paid quite a bit of money, but did not reimburse us, this is money that you now owe. Unless you can find evidence that you have paid us this amount (which we don’t see anywhere), then this is an outstanding balance that we are due.
I’m sorry to hit you with this and know that this is a lot of money, but you have in fact received this money and it is rightly ours. Keeping that money and not paying us was not the right thing to do.
At this point, we need you to send us a check for $3211.70 and this will cover the money that you have been paid. As I said, you don’t owe for anything else. This will get us current. I would appreciate getting this money as soon as possible as it was paid to you a long time ago. Please let me know if I have gotten this information wrong, but I have studied our reports and they look pretty clear.
Thanks."
accusing me of not paying him insurance payments when I received them in the mail. What an idiot. He's about to lose an excellent ex-employee that was available for work whenever he needed (until now), a source of income from office visits (even though he says I'm not paying), and a patient that was WAS telling other people that they should go see him because he's great...