As Personal Injury Protection lawyers, we get to see how a system’s intended purpose and the way it works out in the real world rarely correspond. Massachusetts is a no-fault state, meaning that every driver is required to carry a certain amount of Personal Injury Protection (PIP) insurance. If someone gets into a car accident, their own PIP insurance is supposed to kick in and pay their medical bills for accident-related injuries – regardless of who is found to be at fault. However, insurance companies are always looking out for their own bottom line, and medical providers often get the short end of the stick. When insurance companies delay or unfairly dispute bills for medical treatment and services already rendered, it can turn a clinic’s billing process into a logistical nightmare.
Ways A Personal Injury Protection Lawyer Will Protect Your Practice
If you’re a medical provider in Massachusetts, you’re probably already familiar with Personal Injury Protection policies – likely because you’ve run into problems dealing with auto insurance companies underpaying, delaying, or even flat-out denying legitimate medical claims for treatment already rendered. While there may be a credible reason for the insurance company to process your claim in the ways described above, most of the time they’re just trying to protect their bottom line and take advantage of medical providers by attempting to avoid payment. Some common ways the insurance company may try to do so include:
- Claiming they never received the medical bills
- Altering the coding in order to underpay the medical provider
As unpaid and underpaid bills stack up, medical providers may find themselves drowning in a sea of bills. Fortunately, when you hire a Personal Injury Protection attorney, they can deal with insurance companies on your behalf – leaving you free to focus on your practice and simply collect money for treatment.
Our experienced Personal Injury Protection lawyers and staff will audit your billing records to pinpoint any underpaid, unfairly paid, or unpaid claims, so you’re not leaving any money on the table. Your office staff is meant to deal with the ins and outs of running a medical office, not auditing bills and dealing with insurance providers. Processing even a single PIP claim is a tedious process that can involve dozens – sometimes even hundreds – of documents. At Mass PIP Lawyers, we will handle all of the above, taking the undue burden off your hardworking office staff so they can actually do their job and deal with patient satisfaction. We will diligently pursue benefits that slipped through the cracks, organize case files, and submit claims for you.
If the insurer unfairly refuses to pay the claim and it comes down to it, we will manage the PIP litigation process. However, the very act of hiring us substantially increases your chances of getting paid on time; when insurance companies know you have a PIP lawyer handling your affairs, they’re much quicker about paying up.
The best part is, you have nothing to lose – our end comes out from the money we help you collect from the insurance provider, which is money that you would not have seen without our help in the first place.
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Insurance companies are only focused on protecting their bottom line. Let us help you protect yours. Call Mass PIP Lawyers to consult with a Personal Injury Protection lawyer Massachusetts medical providers trust today.