a tale of chronic illness

[azucena]

State enacted ban for gatherings of more than 1000 so concert is postponed indefinitely. I was leaning towards not going since it didnt seem worth it. Been talking to the kids about holing up here for spring break - offered to buy Disney plus to sweeten the deal lol.

Going back to school afterward spring break will be the next issue. We are in stl with one confirmed case. Classmates will be coming back from az, fl, hi, Mexico and those are just the friends I know well.

[azucena]

School cancelled until 4/6.  Meanwhile I'm still getting requests for playdates that I keep politely declining.

Still going back and forth with insurance and hospital about $301 in "miscellaneous charges" that haven't been paid by insurance.  Insurance EOB shows everything else covered and all detailed nice and neat so I assume the hospital sent the $301 coded as misc which isn't good enough for the ins company.  So I message the hospital (because I refuse to spend more of my life on hold dealing with this) - my message said I wasn't paying any of that bill until they send ins company necessary information.  They responded that it was denied by ins for "non-covered charges" and ask if ins co provided info as to what it should be categorized as?  Um no...seems that should be hospital job.  I say itemize it and send it back to ins co.  They respond - if ins wants itemized statement they need to request it.  

So today I start over with ins co side
me via online chat - can you tell me why $301 wasn't covered?

ins -  It is only under misc and not covered by ins.  Pls ask the provider for an itemized bill. 

me - FACEPALM.  They told me to tell you ask for itemized bill to see if it can be covered. 

ins - Oh, ok, do you have the number I should call?
me - sure (thinking let me just do your job for you)

currently on hold online while they wait in hospital queue