Legal Question in Consumer Law in Florida

Re: Billing for additional monies after bill is given.

Well -- you can't bill for what was not done. If the test was not performed, then they bill should be adjusted. If the test was performed, then you owe it.

Re: Billing for additional monies after bill is given.

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If the tests were, in fact, performed, it would be proper to bill after the fact for the extra testing. Often times, doctor's offices are not aware of what the patient's insurance will pay and what it will not. They have to wait for information from the insurance company and then they bill the difference to the patient.

Scott R. Jay, Esq.