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1) ALWAYS request an itimized bill from your hospital and check it. Especialy if you have a baby boy. Some hospitals auto bill for Cerc regardless if it was performed or not, or you might be billed for an Epi when you didn't have one. etc. If you find a mistake, call the hospital billing department, they can fix it, even if they already sent the org to the insurance.
2) You have to call your HR department (if the insurance is through work) AND the insurance company to add your new child to the policy. Usually within 30 days. it doesn't hurt to call before hand to ask the timeframe, or check the insurance or HR website.
Making sure you do these 2 things can save you THOUSANDS of dollars in hospital charges.
and 3) - (not really insurance related, but is hospital bill related) If you have OTC stuff that you can take with you to the hospital to take, do so. especialy if you will have to pay a percentage of the cost of your stay. Take your own prenatals, tylonol, asthma meds, breast pads, etc. unless you want the hospitals. Be sure you tell the nurse you have OTC meds and when you can take them so they can write it down on your chart. It's not uncommon for a hopsital to charge crazy $ for a single dose of something you could have brought with you instead. I have seen claims with prenatal vit single dose (one pill) be $25.View Thread
Most hospitals charge you like 3 times the cost amount for the medical items they give you. I.E. hemorriod cream, tucks pads, dermoplast spray, prenatal vitamins, tylenol, etc. My suggestion is that you go the store and buy a few of these items and bring them with you and refuse theirs! I was even charged $18 for a breast shield thing to help with breastfeeding. You can buy one of those at Babies R Us for only $7.
The things I suggest you buy and bring to your labor: Tylenol, prenatal vitamins, hemorroid medication (if you don't have any now you more than likely will get some with all of that pushing during labor!), breastfeeding accessories and breast pump, etc.
And I also suggest requesting a detail of the billing to make sure they charged you right. I was charged for 14 cans of Dermaplast. Who in their right mind would use 14 cans during 2 days of stay? Crazy! I didn't even use one. I was also charged over $100 for breastpump kit which I was never given!View Thread
I called my doctor last night after the fall, before the cramping started, but had to leave a message with the answering service and never got a call back. Is the because of the fall? Should I go in to the hospital? It is quite uncomfortable, but I hate to over react.View Thread
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Ty (31) Gena (29) Big brother Orion (11) Charlotte "Charlie" EDD 10/31
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Hope you all have healthy babies and speedy deliveries! By the way, I did not glow with my pregnancies. Try to enjoy everything about it.View Thread
We darkened the font. We definitely know you want emoticons and signatures back. We know you want more discussions on a page and easier navigation.(What does that look like to you?) But-what else might help you really love exchanges?
Tell me in as much detail as you can what things still trip you up, what changes you want to see made. (Navigation changes? Which ones? Too much white space? Not enough? Better search?)
I really want and need your ideas. I am making a list and checking it twice-so we can work on getting rid of the naughty and make it nice.
I can't promise anything other than the fact that you will be heard. I want you to know YOU, each of you, is important to us.
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If you have an online photo album that is public, you just have to get the link of the image you want to post. I have a flickr account but you can use facebook, or any other site that you store images.
Once you have the link to your photo, click the last icon in the new editor tool bar. It looks like a photo frame icon (it's next to the unlink icon).
Put in the link to your photo, and click OK. The picture should show up. Here's an example of a recent ultrasound. I hope this helps.
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