You’re not paranoid if…

[firecat]

I got a phone call. The person asked for me by my first name. Then he said he was calling from [$MY HEALTH INSURANCE CO] and they wanted to review my medications.

I said “Why?”

He said because their records suggested [$VITAL SIGN] was [$INAPPROPRIATE RANGE] and my treatment was inadequate. He used that tone of voice that suggests I am expected to comply, if you know what I mean.

I said “I don’t want to” and there was a several second pause and I hung up.

I don’t really think it was a scam, but whatever it was, they went about it all wrong.

Opinions welcome. No advice, please.

Comments

[mrissa]

Yes, just this. Insurance companies will tell you that your treatments are not covered, not that they're inadequate.

[firecat]

I’ve had them send me paper letters telling me to take my med. They assumed I wasn’t taking the med because I wasn’t refilling the med, because I already had a ton of it backlogged, but they didn’t realize that. So I became part of the “[$SCARY PERCENTAGE OF PATIENTS] don’t take their meds” statistic, I’m sure.

[j00j]

Ah yes, I've gotten those too. I think it just means they're not sharing data effectively with the Pharmacy Benefits Manager which is a whole other scourge on my healthcare.