lincare / medical supplies

Lincare is a medical supply company... Sally jo Robbins 877-467-4418 ext 127. is the woman that I had spoke to.

I had Aetna health care as a insurance provider. My supplies were covered and back in August of 2006 Lincare had promised me supplies, they said that they shipped them. I called and they had said well it wasn't shipped yet so they will ship them again. I never received them. I called towards the end of August and told them my company was switching insurance providers from Aetna to Independent BC/BS Does Lincare except this insurance? They had said they would check into it and get back to me. The company (lincare) called me and said that the new insurance was covered. I in turn asked that they email me with verification. Lincare said that they do not use email however they would send me a letter. I did receive 2 letters stating that the BC/BS was covered and the patients responsibility was 0. now I am getting bills from lincare saying that the BC/BS did not cover me and they want the $91 for the supplies. I cannot understand why I should have to pay for something that lincare told me that I did not have to pay for. Sally Jo Robbins told me she would reduce the bill to $70. I said that If I had known that it was not covered in the first place, I would not have ordered it.

Please help me and tell me what to do.

Sincerely,

Nick Andretta

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in august of 2009 my physicians' nurse gave me directions/papers to take to Lincare. No choice was given me. I went and they were nice, brought out my equipment, concentrator, emergency tank (which, in retrospect was absolutely puny), portable oxygen, tubing, etc. Hunky dory... but when i asked for refills on my portable oxygen my problems started. These people absolutely don't care! On occasion my boyfriend had to drive to their office to pick up my refills. The office staff was rude, after-hour/weekend calls were either not returned or the employees were rude. Everyone i saw in stores in this area using oxygen that i asked and were using Lincare would start cursing and fussing. They would commonly complain that Lincare employees were unprofessional, uncaring and rude. I can't be TOO NEGATIVE about these people. Thankfully, they were so incompetent and they bungled their paperwork so badly i was able to change to another provider, HomeMed, with whom i am mightily pleased. They actually care!!! I call now for oxygen and it magically appears on my porch within, usually, an hour or so. Like magic! Lincare was so worthless they didn't even bother to come pick up their antique/undersized equipment. The "emergency" tank looks like a peanut compared to HomeMeds monster tank. I could go on for days but leave it to say that the four months i was with them was hell! Oxygen is not a luxury that you should have to beg for. I wish someone would drop a nuclear bomb on their corporate headquarters.

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This ties directly to my complaint about Edgepark medical supply. They are an exclusive bc/bs medical supplier for my plan. bc/bs may be covered, but as I learned you will get a better deal from edgepark. There is something fishy gooing on with their billing though I am not sure how it helps them. Edgepark refuses to take a return which they MUST because of the type of insurance I use(Medicare supplement). You could order what you have received from lincare from bc/bs preferred provider, and return the items to lincare!

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YOU IN ESSENCE CONTRACTED TO COVER SUPPLIES WITH NO PATIENT RESPONSIBILITY AND THEREFORE SHOULD EAT THE LOSS ON TAXES AND TAKE HER ACCOUNT TO ZERO AS YOU LEGALLY MUST.