Patient Sues Chiropractor over Insurance Billing
April 23, 2009 by admin
Filed under Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury
From the ‘Madison County Record’:
The patient of a chiropractor has filed suit against the doctor and his business, alleging she was forced to pay him extra money after he stopped billing her insurance company.
Melinda Wilborn says she went to Dr. Mark Eavenson at Multi-Care Specialists for treatment after she was involved in an automobile accident on Dec. 23, 2004.
Wilborn went to Eavenson because he was a network provider for her group health carrier, Cigna, according to the complaint filed April 20 in St. Clair County Circuit Court.
“Upon entering his office after the accident, [Wilborn] presented Defendant again with her health insurance information from Cigna and specifically requested that Cigna be billed for care and treatment,” the suit states.
Initially, Eavenson was billing Cigna. However, in order to make more money, he stopped sending statements to the insurance company and put a lien on Wilborn’s personal injury claim, she says.
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