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There are 63,660 inches in a mile, so a mile of surgical stitching would cost $540 million. Compared to this, redoing New Jersey's roads is a bargain at $2,000,000/mile!
Posted on: 2016/1/12 18:54
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You are the patient, you do not have to put up with anything. Find out what hospitals your doctor is affiliated with. If it's a CarePoint hospital, nuf said. You can look for another physician. You don't have to start from the ground & work your way up, tell your doctor you want your records, it is your right. Good luck.
Posted on: 2016/1/10 23:49
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I was innocent of the exorbitant fees Care Point charges so I simply went with them when I had to pick a local General Practitioner. When I had an issue I walked blindly into their cynical exploitation of people seeking basic health care. My brief brush with Care Point cost my insurers a great deal of money yet the actual human interaction was as minimal as you could imagine and at no point did I feel that anyone I dealt with cared for my health at all. My physician had not even read the blood and urine test reports when I went in for the follow up, I had to point out to her that the lab had written on the report "we did not perform the urin test" she had not read the report but acted as if she had. What options do I have for avoiding Care Point? Next time I go in for whatever reason, am I allowed to say " I do not want Care Point to play any roll in my treatment"? Or do I have to just go where they tell me?
Posted on: 2016/1/10 14:58
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Let's add this to the SCUM that is the "Our wealth at the cost of your Health" group known as (We don't)CarePoint.
Because these bastards wanted it their way or the highway, Horizon Blue Cross/Blue Shield is no longer accepted at Christ Hospital. This happened in June 2015. That's okay they said, you can go to Hoboken (which is inaccessable by public transportation, not to mention parking) or you can go to Bayonne, which not only is the most expensive hospital in the country but about 5 miles away. Their employee morale is not great & (We don't)CarePoint is starting to experience turnover.
Posted on: 2016/1/10 14:37
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I thought it was more that hospitals charge high because they collect such a small percentage from insurance companies anyway. They might call for $17k only to get $85.
Kinda like how people slip and fall and sue for a million, then skip away with $8k.
Posted on: 2016/1/9 20:33
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Like many stories, I knew what this would be about just from reading the headline alone.
This hospital is owned by CarePoint. They have a history of having their hospitals featured in "most expensive hospitals in the nation" type lists. A couple of years ago, Fulop tried to move the city's ambulance contract from JCMC to some group affiliated with CarePoint. I believe this group also donated to his campaign. He forced a contract through, only for it to get held up by state regulators because it may have been illegal. Eventually, Fulop abandoned this effort, and the contract stayed with JCMC, which benefits us all.
Posted on: 2015/12/9 2:37
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They need a real old school ass whooping for that shit.
Years ago Christ Hospital did me for 3k for a similar small cut on my finger - 20 years or so ago. They followed me to Hell and back for payment as I was young told them to fcuk a duck and it got my credit all f'ked up for a few years.
Posted on: 2015/12/9 2:07
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I-Team: Hospital Charges $17,000 to Stitch a 2-Inch Cut in Emergency Room
By Chris Glorioso and Evan Stulberger Published at 12:31 PM EST on Dec 8, 2015 A New Jersey man says his local emergency room charged an arm and a leg to heal a minor cut. Bayonne Medical Center billed Ryan Edgerton and his insurance company just more than $17,000 to treat a 2-inch cut with "five or six stitches" after he accidentally cut his index finger while slicing some melon last summer http://www.nbcnewyork.com/investigati ... estigation-360940291.html
Posted on: 2015/12/9 1:18
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