The Sob's Are Getting To Me Again

[carlie]

SSSSSSSSSHHHHHHHHHHEEEEEEEETTTTTTTTT !!!!!!!!!!

Nov 2010 - I travel out of state.

End up with ambulance transport to a VAMC.

About 60 days later I get the bill for the ambulance ride.

I call my VAMC - Fee Basis - they say contact fee basis

at the VAMC that I was seen at in a different state.

I contact them they say mail us a copy of the bill.

I do this and also have the ambulance provider fax

them a copy in Jan 2011.

Last week I get another bill from the ambulance provider.

A note on the bill states make arrangements or pay in 30 days

or it goes to collections.

I call them and they say yes we faxed a copy of the bill in January.

I call fee basis again today in at the VAMC the emergency room service was provided in.

Fee Basis now tells me - oh - we don't pay that - you have to talk to Beneficiary Travel

so I get connected to them - and Beneficiary Travel tells me THEY WON'T PAY

because I did not submit this bill within 30 days of the ambulance travel that was provided.

Hell - I din't even get a bill until after 30 days and the VAMC sent me to Fee Basis.

AND THE FREAKING AMBULANCE RIDE TO THE VAMC WAS FOR A SC'D CONDITION !!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm seeing red - blood red !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[carlie]

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Carlie, You got 2 fights: one with the Collection Agency, the other with the VA ...

The Collection Agency MUST produce the "original bill" ... You must write to the Collection Agency and DISPUTE the action and DEMAND they produce the original bill from the Ambulence. You MUST dispute the Collection Agency within 30 days. This will stall them from reporting to the Credit Bureau(s). It is Federal Law.

Once you get the original Bill, it will be DATED.

You have to climb the VA chain of command.

Hang in there. Never give up.

HUGS!!! ~Wings

Wings,

Thanks for the additional information and words of encouragement.

[carlie]

Carlie, their excuse of past 30 days is BS. I believe the court ruled that any claim received by the VA has been received by the VA, no matter which dept or RO received it. The claimant is not expected to know to which dept the claim should be directed.

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I'm starting to look at the whole VA system like the hair on my head -

each hair is a different F'd up department.

Apparently WE are supposed to know every department inside - out,

what jobs are performed there and the proper procedure to follow in order

to not produce and not have any accountability.

I swear, if I would pass out and loosen my grip first -

I would wrap my own hands around my neck and just SQUEEEEEEEEEEEZE.

[deltaj]

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Carlie, You got 2 fights: one with the Collection Agency, the other with the VA ...

The Collection Agency MUST produce the "original bill" ... You must write to the Collection Agency and DISPUTE the action and DEMAND they produce the original bill from the Ambulence. You MUST dispute the Collection Agency within 30 days. This will stall them from reporting to the Credit Bureau(s). It is Federal Law.

Once you get the original Bill, it will be DATED.

You have to climb the VA chain of command.

Hang in there. Never give up.

HUGS!!! ~Wings

Carlie, Someone else on this posting stated that there is a rule that it is the date the evidence is received by the Department of Veterans Affairs. I think that rule is in 38 CFR 3.1 I think you need to remind them of this rule. It sounds like they haven't given you a written denial yet.