Sent Pre-HIPAA, got back short letter from CA and a CR from EX

[Erick12]

I had an unpaid dentist bill from 2004. I sent the pre-hipaa to EX and got back a letter from the CA which lists the dentist's name, $490 + $146 interest due. And wants me to call to make payment arrangements. No further info about the OC. Though I do have an old bill from the OC with their address and looked up the dentists name online and he seems to be in the same spot.

 

Experian also sent me back a credit report with a short entry mentioning my dispute and a notation saying that the entry "remains."

 

Now I'm 98% sure I owe them somewhere around this, and I actually found an old partial bill from the OC which lists an amount due of $660. Now I thought it was an original amount of $660, where I paid $60 at the office, and they billed me for the rest, which doesn't quite mesh with this bill which looks like something the OC would have mailed me after I failed to pay the remainder of the bill. Its also very different from the CA's original amount, though very similar to their principle+interest. My memory, the OC bill, and the CA P+I are all very similar though none are the same, though the CA's Principle amount only is a big outlier. Maybe I made a single payment and forgot about it? Wish I still had my old bank account to check.

 

At this point, $30 one way or another doesn't matter and I'd much rather have this off my CR ASAP. Do I just pick a number and send the HIPAA letter to the OC? What number should I pick?

 

Also, this was a smallish dentists office, I doubt they have an actual legal department. Where do I send the letter? Just throw "legal dept" on the first line, then the dentist's name, then the address? There appears to be one dentist that's the "primary" one of the four in the office, and is the one listed on my CR and on the CA's letter. Not sure if that's the actual one that did my procedure though.

[Why Chat]

I had an unpaid dentist bill from 2004. I sent the pre-hipaa to EX and got back a letter from the CA which lists the dentist's name, $490 + $146 interest due. And wants me to call to make payment arrangements. No further info about the OC. Though I do have an old bill from the OC with their address and looked up the dentists name online and he seems to be in the same spot.

 

Experian also sent me back a credit report with a short entry mentioning my dispute and a notation saying that the entry "remains."

 

Now I'm 98% sure I owe them somewhere around this, and I actually found an old partial bill from the OC which lists an amount due of $660. Now I thought it was an original amount of $660, where I paid $60 at the office, and they billed me for the rest, which doesn't quite mesh with this bill which looks like something the OC would have mailed me after I failed to pay the remainder of the bill. Its also very different from the CA's original amount, though very similar to their principle+interest. My memory, the OC bill, and the CA P+I are all very similar though none are the same, though the CA's Principle amount only is a big outlier. Maybe I made a single payment and forgot about it? Wish I still had my old bank account to check.

 

At this point, $30 one way or another doesn't matter and I'd much rather have this off my CR ASAP. Do I just pick a number and send the HIPAA letter to the OC? What number should I pick?

 

Also, this was a smallish dentists office, I doubt they have an actual legal department. Where do I send the letter? Just throw "legal dept" on the first line, then the dentist's name, then the address? There appears to be one dentist that's the "primary" one of the four in the office, and is the one listed on my CR and on the CA's letter. Not sure if that's the actual one that did my procedure though.

Send the HIPAA letter insert "a" with a money order for $636 as payment in full.

 

Address it to your dentist's office Att: HIPAA Compliance Office.

 

Make SURE you provide them with your name and date of birth and SS # and the date of service.