Illinois Personal Injury Attorney
It is very important to know how to coordinate insurance benefits. In a typical motor vehicle accident there are no less than three potential sources of payment of medical bills:
Many victims make the mistake of assuming that the at-fault driver’s insurance company will pay the victim’s medical bills in a timely fashion. Sometimes that does occur. But often the at-fault driver’s insurance company will delay payment of medical bills until the bills are overdue and about to be sent to collection. At that point the victim is under economic duress and has severely reduced his or her bargaining power. A victim can avoid this dilemma by doing the following:
The injured party should immediately turn all of his/her medical bills over to his/her health insurance company. Doctors and hospitals will frequently object to this procedure, but an injured party has an absolute right to submit his/her bills to his/her own health insurer.
Invariably, the injured party’s health insurance policy has deductibles and co-pays. After an injured party submits all of his/her medical bills to his/her own health insurer, that injured party should then use the Medical Payments Coverage (or Personal Injury Protection) under his/her own automobile insurance to pay those portions of the medical bills that remain unpaid due to applicable deductibles or co-pays.
The injured party should submit his/her medical bills to the at-fault driver’s insurance company only as a last resort.
It is a mistake to rely on insurance company representatives or healthcare providers to coordinate these insurance benefits. Don’t make these mistakes. Contact the Law Office of James P. Ginzkey in order to secure and preserve your rights.
James P. Ginzkey
Illinois Personal Injury Lawyer
221 E. Washington Street
Bloomington, IL 61701
Phone: (309) 821-9707
Fax: (309) 821-9708
Located in Bloomington, personal injury attorney James P. Ginzkey represents clients throughout Central Illinois, including Peoria, Springfield, Decatur, Champaign, Urbana, Pontiac, Clinton, Pekin, Ottawa, LaSalle, and Peru.
