leafinator
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What is the name of your state? GA
My question has to do with medical billing (I couldn't find any other place for it). We recently moved to Georgia from North Carolina where I visited the emergency room in January of 2000. I received and paid all of the bills from that visit in 2000. About a week ago, however, I received a bill from the emergency room stating that I owed them $195 and that 2 prior notices had been ignored. It also stated that if I didn't respond within 5 days the account would be turned over to collections. I received the bill 2 weeks after that date meaning that the 5 days had expired before I even got it. After looking into it I found that the hospital said they changed billing offices and put the account on hold until now - 3 1/2 years later. As I only keep records for 3 years I no longer can research if I made the payment or not. My question is simply: do I have to pay this or is there some sort of limit as to when a company can bill someone for something? I'm sure I paid it over three years ago but the only way I know of to research it further is to pay the bank $30 or so an hour to do research for me (If they'll even do it since I'm not a member of that bank anymore).
My question has to do with medical billing (I couldn't find any other place for it). We recently moved to Georgia from North Carolina where I visited the emergency room in January of 2000. I received and paid all of the bills from that visit in 2000. About a week ago, however, I received a bill from the emergency room stating that I owed them $195 and that 2 prior notices had been ignored. It also stated that if I didn't respond within 5 days the account would be turned over to collections. I received the bill 2 weeks after that date meaning that the 5 days had expired before I even got it. After looking into it I found that the hospital said they changed billing offices and put the account on hold until now - 3 1/2 years later. As I only keep records for 3 years I no longer can research if I made the payment or not. My question is simply: do I have to pay this or is there some sort of limit as to when a company can bill someone for something? I'm sure I paid it over three years ago but the only way I know of to research it further is to pay the bank $30 or so an hour to do research for me (If they'll even do it since I'm not a member of that bank anymore).