Someones trying to SCAM me!

[DiscoTech]

So here's the deal:

I had surgery on the 25th of Feb. In the mail today I received a letter from a supposed 'surgical assistant' claiming I owed $200 for services rendered during my surgery. The letter arrived in an envelope that looked like my Grandma had sent it. I started to get suspicious when I saw that the letter was dated for 1 APRIL and the envelope was post-marked for 27 MAR. I just called the number on the letter, and not to surprise the person who answered the phone was not the woman whose name was on the letter. There is some other weird shit in the letter, but that is the most obvious stuff.

So, what kind of legal leg to I have to stand on with this? Obviously the hospital were the surgery was performed leaked out my info to someone or something like that, but what can I really do? I'm going to give the Sherriff's office where I live a call on Monday, but I really don't think that will do much. Do I get a lawyer and go after the guilty parties or what?


Mike:banghead: :banghead:

 

[braves6117]

I'd notify the sheriff and then give yourself a big pat on the back for not being an idiot.

After that, I don't think it will be worth time/effort to pursue.

 

[ptschram]

You can send a copy of the letter to the OCR@DHHS.gov. I get faxes often from medical care providers and I just fax the letters to the DHHS and let them handle it.

If what you think happened, a HIPAA violation took place.

 

[DiscoTech]

Thanks for the help.

PT and Braves, my mother-in-law works in a hospital and said the same thing about the HIPAA violation. I already pulled a report on the phone number attached to the letter and got the full name and address for the cell phone owner, as well as put an alert on my credit, and I'm going to give that to the Sherriffs office and hopefully be rid of this shit.

Mike

 

[D Chapman]

Does John Tackley work for this hospital?

 

[Blue]

maybe Tony Simoneau is a nurse in that hospital?

 

[Ol'Drippy]

I once had something similar happen to me. I busted my ankle on the job and my employer paid for my xrays, sweet boot contraption....anyway, I quit that job and moved back to tn say 6 months later..a couple of months later my old boss calls saying they got a bill for $3,500 or something like that. Apparently it was for a surgery on my ankle by a non existant doctor in Florida. It looked legit; had my social security number and date of birth on it..pretty wild stuff. I sent a certified letter to the address letting them know of all of the authorities I alerted...can't really remember exactly what thatletter said...anyhow, good luck to ya