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New teeth
I went to my dentist’s office yesterday morning expecting to have my routine six-month cleaning. I had called to schedule an appointment a couple of weeks ago and explained that I needed two...
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Some pessimism
Several weeks ago, I saved a copy of a review on the treatment of condylar fractures to my hard drive. More specifically, the paper attempts to address the question of whether open treatment (surgery...
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Bills and such
I’ve been out of town for a bit, and I returned home this morning to find some billing-related materials waiting for me. The only actual bill came from Bay Imaging Consultants Medical Group. as far as...
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Teeth cleaning
I just got back from my routine six-month cleaning at the dentist’s office. I only saw a hygienist; the dentist didn’t look at my mouth. To my relief, she didn’t find any cavities. She told me that one...
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Good enough
I went in to the oral surgeon’s office today expecting to learn some new jaw exercises. In view of my recent reading, I was somewhat skeptical of the idea that my opening was actually going to get...
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Loose ends, Part I
With my recovery nearly complete, my posts here will be less frequent than they once were. I’ll still be posting about billing and insurance when there’s news on that front. I’ll also post updates on...
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Thirteen week billing update
I’ve seen a little bit of action on the billing front this week. When I posted my last update, I had just emailed my second insurance information to Berkeley Emergency Medical Group and Bay Imaging...
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Bills
By the time fall came around, I had assumed that my insurance had paid all of my bills since I hadn’t received any more. It turns out that I was wrong; they were just very slow to reject a couple of...
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Coordination of Benefits and Massachusetts Insurance Regulations
If, like me, you have two or more health insurance policies, the order in which the policies pay is determined through a process called coordination of benefits, which in Massachusetts is governed by...
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An interesting turn of events
Just fifty-four weeks after services were rendered, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts (BCBS) has issued payment for my jaw surgery. They paid quite a good sum of money, too. They actually issued...
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