Medical Errors--True Story

[Gregory Matthews]

I do not know what started my thinking about the  following this morning, but, both are true and actually happened:

1)  I received a notice from my medical insurance company telling me that they had paid the bill for the surgery performed on my 2/3 year-old son.  I wrote them asking for further information, as I wondered how he had  gotten to the hospital without telling his mother and  I and I could not see any surgical scar on his body!  NOTE:  I got a rather huffy letter from the surgeon telling me that he had not performed surgery on my son.   

2)  My wife received a letter from a clinical provider telling her that due to her missing an obstetrical appointment, if she did it again, she would not be provided with any more obstetrical services.  I responded asking for more information as to how they had determined that she was pregnant as she had never received clinical services from that provider.   I also asked why they set up an appointment for her with out telling her of such, and they had never examined her.