1/5 David G. 1 year ago on Google
UC
Health
will
be
dishonest
and
misrepresent
billing,
and
then
rely
on
the
fact
that
Big
beats
Small
to
bet
you
won't
seek
action
against
them.
I
had
happily
gone
to
the
doctor
her
for
years
before
UC
Health
bought
Longmont
Clinic.
It
was
ok
for
awhile,
but
last
September,
a
routine
preventive
care
visit
became
a
relatively
small
but
morally
offensive
issue.
I
was
misled
and
told
that
routine
bloodwork
was
preventive
(they
billed
it
as
diagnostic).
I
had
labs
done
at
the
Longmont
location
like
I
had
for
years,
but
this
time
they
sent
it
to
Longs
Peak
Hospital
without
disclosure,
even
though
my
insurance
confirmed
the
normal
Longmont
Lab
could
have
done
it.
It
also
happens
that
Longs
Peak
Hospital
was
the
single
most
expensive
place
to
get
this
lab
work
done
within
a
100-mile
radius,
according
to
my
Anthem
estimates.
I
appealed,
sending
over
the
cost
difference
(hundreds),
explaining
the
lack
of
disclosure
and
poor
communication,
and
requesting
explanation...they
only
quoted
the
consent
to
care
form
you
sign,
which
quite
literally
states
they
can
provide
any
service
they
deem
fit
short
of
knowingly
misleading
you
about
in
vs.
out-of-network.
Apparently
anything
that
comes
out
of
the
mouth
of
your
doctor,
their
reception
staff,
laboratory
staff,
etc.
cannot
be
relied
upon
(it
says
this
in
their
disclosure,
go
find
it
yourself!).
It's
never
occurred
to
me
to
get
every
detail
of
a
doctor's
visit
and
lab
orders
in
writing
before
to
provide
item-by-item
consent,
but
apparently
that's
the
reality
with
UC
Health.
Instead
of
and
correcting
their
mistakes
(they
kept
referring
to
my
visit
as
"Longs
Peak
Hospital"
even
though
it
never
was),
they
kept
stating
that
I
received
the
provided
services
and
directed
me
to
only
phone
in
inquiries
(they
closed
the
online
message
app
in
my
online
portal,
so
I
couldn't
get
responses
in
writing
from
them).
TL;DR
-->
UC
Health
verbally
misrepresented
preventive
services,
misrepresented
the
lab
they
wanted
to
send
bloodwork
to,
and
because
it's
all
"in-network"
and
you
"consent"
to
their
services,
you're
out
of
luck.
I
will
avoid
UC
Health
in
the
future.