By MATTHEW HOLT<\/p>\n
So I am back dealing with Labcorp<\/a> & Blue Shield of California<\/a> over the mysterious $34 copay. If you want to catch up go here<\/a><\/p>\n Over the weekend Labcorp<\/a> sent me a final due notice on my bill\u2026. the one that they couldn\u2019t tell me about without asking for all the information they already had.<\/p>\n I call Labcorp<\/a> customer service in the Philipinnes. The friendly rep says that they have had a message saying that \u201cthe insurance company requires that Labcorp provides documentation from the ordering physician\u201d<\/em>. What documentation, I ask? A letter that tells them what the updated codes are. Given that the Brown & Toland Physicians<\/a> rep told me those codes and they must have been sent them by Labcorp when Labcorp sent in the claim, that seems to make no sense. I\u2019m not yet prepared to ask my doctor\u2019s office to get involved in this! (Better look out though, Andrew Diamond<\/a>!). So I\u2019ll let that go for a moment.<\/p>\n However, Labcorp says that they received an EOB from Blue Shield of California<\/a> PPO\u2013it had my correct member number even though I am an HMO not PPO member. No the EOB did not come from the IPA Brown & Toland Physicians<\/a>, and yes I asked very precisely. The EOB says the co-pay is $34.94. Labcorp can\u2019t ascribe it to any one of the 5 individual lab tests (which all look preventative under the ACA to me but maybe one isn\u2019t). So the $34.94 is the copay from the EOB that Blue Shield of California<\/a> sent to Labcorp<\/a>.<\/p>\n They asked me for my copy of the EOB. I sent one 5 days ago, but sent it again just to be sure.<\/p>\n