tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post112930772123962998..comments2024-03-17T05:36:26.059-04:00Comments on Health Care Renewal: Lawsuit Alleges Catholic Healthcare West Over-Charged Uninsured PatientsRoy M. Poses MDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00497209843184497847noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-56579184289687752442010-04-13T10:05:55.433-04:002010-04-13T10:05:55.433-04:00Isn't it something that the people here were h...Isn't it something that the people here were hispanic in name? Half the people seen are non-insured, illegal mexicans and the get the care for free. I, in the meantime have to pay my bills. They have cell phones, salon done hair and nails, gold jewelry and gems dripping off of them and need a translator to even be spoken to. Gastritis is a common theme for these people who then have 40-50 Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-2549678629322163682007-07-02T02:34:00.000-04:002007-07-02T02:34:00.000-04:00I was a long term employee of Methodist Hospital, ...I was a long term employee of Methodist Hospital, a Catholic Healthcare West facility, in South Sacrammento. Right now, there is a debate before the County Board of Supervisors who to give the trauma center II designation to in this area, Kaiser or Methodist. It is a heated battle. Methodist Hospital is playing dirty. They have given their employees a communication asking them to post Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-1153621847394256982006-07-22T22:30:00.000-04:002006-07-22T22:30:00.000-04:00I'm not sure if this is the same St. Rose, althoug...I'm not sure if this is the same St. Rose, although I think it is, especially if they have their billing and collections work outsourced to for-profit firms in the Midwest area, but these hospitals have some of the biggest idiots working on their accounts.<BR/><BR/>One place drags in these people right off the street, I mean as in one worked in a bar as a bartender, many of them absolutely Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-1150396982204542642006-06-15T14:43:00.000-04:002006-06-15T14:43:00.000-04:00I too was an uninsured patient at Catholic Healthc...I too was an uninsured patient at Catholic Healthcare West who was charged $2,000 for an hour visit that resulted in 2 stitches. Heinous.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-1137749185329168042006-01-20T04:26:00.000-05:002006-01-20T04:26:00.000-05:00As a patient seen at CHW's St. Mary's in Long Beac...As a patient seen at CHW's St. Mary's in Long Beach twice in 2004, I suspect that the hospital is seeking to "scam" patients WITH insurance as well.<BR/><BR/>It took me 8 months to resolve billing for two PRE-authorized CT's. They claimed my insurance denied them, but I found that they had never been billed. Yet I still had to argue for 8 months that point and the fact that they were Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-1129401554699118252005-10-15T14:39:00.000-04:002005-10-15T14:39:00.000-04:00Please try to leave some space between paragraphs....Please try to leave some space between paragraphs. Your posts are difficult to read.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com