Medical devices as prevention savings good or bad idea?

[disneysteve]

Rec'd this medical bill in the mail on 7/11/24 for $20 which is fine, but the service was done over 1 year ago. Is it normal for doctors to bill for service over 1 year ago? Maybe it was something the doctor or billing department overlooked.

The medical billing/insurance system is a disaster. Providers have to submit the bill to the insurance company which may take them some time. The insurer then takes 60-90 days to process it. If they deny a claim, the provider then has to resubmit with updated documentation, coding, or whatever the insurer says was lacking, which again may take a little time. Then the insurer takes another 60-90 days to process the resubmitted claim. You get the idea. It can easily drag out for 6-12 months before something is finally settled.

[crazyliblady]

Rec'd this medical bill in the mail on 7/11/24 for $20 which is fine, but the service was done over 1 year ago. Is it normal for doctors to bill for service over 1 year ago? Maybe it was something the doctor or billing department overlooked.

Here's just a thought, for what it's worth. Are you certain you have not paid this bill already? I ask because nowadays, doctors seem to always bill me within a month if not when I am in their office. One time, I actually paid my copay at the doctor's office and got a receipt. The payment even cleared. Then, I got a not so nice note in the mail demanding payment. I sent them one back with copies of the check and receipt. I never went back and never got anything else from them. LOL!

[QuarterMillionMan]

Ha-ha James, I not complaining but just baffled why it took so long but disneysteve explained it. Yes crazyliblady I’ll need to see if I already paid it but I’ve already mailed the $20 check so I might get lazy and forget about it.

[QuarterMillionMan]

Changed my diet and cut down on carbohydrates seemed to have help my blood sugar. Lean meats (ie, baked chicken breast no skin, ground turkey 93% lean, etc). Fruits and vegetables (ie, boiled broccoli, carrots, cauliflower, okra, green beans, etc). No fat Lactaid milk. No sodas, no chips, no sweets, etc.

[myrdale]

Changed my diet and cut down on carbohydrates seemed to have help my blood sugar.

Excellent job!! Keep it up.

The Standard American Diet (SAD) is pretty bad as a whole. Even the most minor of efforts to improve will go along way.

You may start to see numbers on the scale decrease as well.

[LivingAlmostLarge]

Changed my diet and cut down on carbohydrates seemed to have help my blood sugar. Lean meats (ie, baked chicken breast no skin, ground turkey 93% lean, etc). Fruits and vegetables (ie, boiled broccoli, carrots, cauliflower, okra, green beans, etc). No fat Lactaid milk. No sodas, no chips, no sweets, etc.

Impressive.

[QuarterMillionMan]

My blood sugar level is getting better which I'm happy about. I stopped eating breads, pastas, rice, cereals (ie, Honey Bunches of Oats, Raisin Bran, Special K, granolas), etc. I do eat a lot of potatoes (ie, baked, boiled, mashed, etc). For a period of time my blood sugar level was consistently over 100 with the highest being about 137 which scared me so I decided to try something or anything different to try and bring it down and the carbohydrates may have been pushing my numbers higher. This 94 was taken upon getting up this morning. I guess that I will keep doing what I'm doing which seems to be working.

[QuarterMillionMan]

The glucose meter for $60 is one of the best buys I've made and worth it. The alternative would be to be kept in the dark until maybe one day going to my doctor and getting labs done and having a bomb dropped on me by my doctor saying, "you have diabetes and you will need to take these insulin shots."

[QuarterMillionMan]

My blood sugar has been testing very good today 94. Cut out a lot of carbs but I still eat it and had a burrito yesterday. Also, I've been doing a little bit of fasting but not to lose weight rather reaping the rewards of it. Research it.

[QuarterMillionMan]

Blood pressure reading taken today.

[QuarterMillionMan]

Just completed a 1-day water fast and 1 black coffee and 1 Lipton tea bag since last eating at 7 pm on 12/29/24. Was running solely on caffeine today and water. Feeling a bit light-headed and not really hungry but mission accomplished and time to eat and drink a Heineken.

[QuarterMillionMan]

This is my dinner and one of my specialties called pinakbet a Filipino dish w/pork, squash, snow peas, eggplant, bittermelon, tomatoes, onions, garlic, ginger, soy sauce, pepper, etc. Pumpkin can be added, long beans, and other veggies but for 1 person the pot gets too much food to eat by myself. I cook Mexican, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, spaghettis, stews, curry, stir fry, turkey, etc.

[QuarterMillionMan]

93% lean ground turkey curry w/carrots, celery, red onions, garlic, bay leaves, etc.

[QuarterMillionMan]

My all time best glucose level ever 76. I must be doing something right.

[QuarterMillionMan]

New year, more rewards. In just 20 minutes earned $60. One was a $40 survey (ie, smoke, drink, happy/sad, etc). Another was a $20 research a quote for medical services (ie, lab costs, colonoscopy quote, etc). I just ordered my $50 biometric test kit and upon completion after sending my blood/urine my total will be $110. A flu shot rewards another $10. An annual physical pays $25. Or a virtual visit $10. Max rewards $300. Easy money. Last year I earned $96 which was redeemed for a digital VISA card which I still have a balance of $12.