Sunday, July 25, 2004

Sunday

The day was going fine until I went to visit my brother.  Why lives at 2327.   There was a notice from the insurance company that stated that they were not paying for his hospitalization at Western Psych.  because it was "out of network"   This sounds like a catch 22 situation.   He was 302'd and did not have a choice.    And due to the HIPPA regulations no one in the family was there to acts as his advocate so he would get sent "in Network"  I guess I have to get out the information and write another letter to the Mental Health Portion of Health America. 

The insurance companies want to collect the cash but not pay it out.   By the way,, the cost of the psych admission for 4 days was almost $10,000.   For those prices you would think he could have talked to Sigmund himself.

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