I'm really frustrated with Kerlan Jobe ortho and surgery center in Los Angeles, California. After two surgeries at the same facility (the second one after the surgeon said 'uh-oh' over lack of function that was supposed to be fixed), the company not only keeps sending wrong billing but forwarded that wrong bill to COLLECTIONS agencies. Read more
Hospital and medical billing errors aren't uncommon. Many patients consider incorrect bills a norm. But one bill highlights the problem in an undeniably funny way: New York residents are getting statements reflecting the patients don't owe hundreds but millions to Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center. Read more
There are bad surgeries--and then there are very bad, or wrong, surgeries. A man who went to Jewish Hospital Louisville for a routine surgical procedure ended up with an amputated penis. A jury verdict--finding in favor of Doctor John Patterson who instead lopped an inch off Phillip Seaton's penis while under anesthetic--stuns experts. Read more
It seems they shared more than a hospital room: A Tennessee man's body is being exhumed to remove dentures belonging to another man after a mix-up at Parkridge Medical Center hospital in Chattanooga. One (dead) man's got an extra set of teeth. One live patient, well, that's debatable. Read more