ComplaintsforVentra Health

• Initial Complaint

  08/15/2024

  Complaint Type:

  Billing Issues

  Status:

  Unanswered

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  In December of last year my wife ************************* was billed by Ventra Health for about $900. No explanation was given at the time of billing, so we contacted their ********** and requested the following:1. An itemized invoice detailing all services or products rendered 2. To bill her insurances, or to provide proof they had been billed To date we received neither of those things. To our knowledge, VentraHealth never billed our insurances. The next communication we had was this last month when we received a notice that the billed amount has gone to collections and we received a demand for payment from the collections agency, including a claim of accrued interest. We have never heard from VentraHealth except that one exchange. We have no idea if or when they ever provided service to us, and they only ever sent that one invoice which was over a year after any hospital visit made by anyone in our family.

• Initial Complaint

  05/23/2024

  Complaint Type:

  Billing Issues

  Status:

  Resolved

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  Ventra Health is a fraudulent company. I was seen for an ER visit in Sept 2023. I never received a bill from Ventra until 2024 when I was sent to collections. They never billed my insurance. Once finally having the proper information, they submitted the claim which was paid in April 2024. As of May 23, 2024 they are insisting they have not received payment and that I still owe the full balance, despite a claim from my insurance and my explanation of benefits. Both of these show that I only owe a fraction of the total balance. Though this issue WILL be solved, I have a problem with the companys employees seemingly being forced to post 5 star ****** reviews. There are 0 positive reviews that do not come from employees. I am unsure of what steps I can take to ensure this company is corrected from its awful behavior, but Id love to know.

  Business response

  07/02/2024

  Good morning,

  Thank you for allowing us to assist you with resolving your concern.  We apologize for the issues you encountered in getting your concern resolved in a timely manner.   The account in question has been closed, the balance has been adjusted to reflect a zero balance.   

   

  Thank you,

  *********************, Client Success Account Manager

  Customer response

  07/02/2024

  I have reviewed the business response and accept this resolution. 

• Initial Complaint

  05/13/2024

  Complaint Type:

  Billing Issues

  Status:

  Resolved

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  On January 8th 2024, I received an emergency appendectomy with ***************** I was approved for charity care through the hospital and assured that this covered all cost associated with the hospital visit. I received a letter from South Miami Criticare notifying me of a bill for $2,032.00. I called their customer service and their representative told me to email the letter to Ventra Health - dr-****************************** (this was on February 26th). I have been calling every 30 days to verify that the letter was received, and each time they kept asking me to send the letter again. The past two times I sent it both to dr-****************************** and *************************************** I have yet to receive a response.Finally on 4/17/24 after calling again and the representative telling me that they had not received anything, I asked to speak to a supervisor. I was connected to a supervisor named **** who reassured me that she had the letter in front of her and that she would personally resolve the issue with Ventra Health to clear the charge.It has been almost 4 months since my initial attempt to clear this issue and almost a month since my conversation with the supervisor **** and the charge is still there. I am hoping BBB will help resolve this problem with this unscrupulous and dishonest company. I am attaching the letter from Baptist Health who reported that this charge is covered by charity care. Their phone number is **************. I have called multiple times and all representatives confirmed that this bill is covered by the charity care program and that I needed to speak with a supervisor to make sure it was applied to my account. I encourage ******************** to call the number to corroborate my statement. Thank you.

  Business response

  06/05/2024

  We sincerely apologize for the issues you encountered when attempting to resolve your account issue. We hope we have resolved the complaint to your satisfaction and are committed to reviewing/improving our process to ensure an issue like this does not occur again in the future. 

  Customer response

  06/05/2024

  I was able to resolve this issue with Ventra Health by escalating to a supervisor. The charge has been cleared after several months of disputing the charge.

• Initial Complaint

  04/26/2024

  Complaint Type:

  Product Issues

  Status:

  Resolved

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  I was a patient at ******************************************* (in *******) on November 12, 2022. For that visit, I received a physician's bill that I paid through ************************************** I filed a claim with my insurance, it took a while but finally insurance processed my claim. the total amount of the bill was $1686, the insurance sent me a check in the amount of ****** (the portion that was paid by employer-sponsored benefits plan). Ventra Health must refund me the discount amount which is $1310.28. I called them many many times, they requested more documents, I contacted my insurance (with a lot of difficulty) to send them the documents. The Ventra Health agents has been telling me that the refund will take place in 3 business weeks for more than 3 months. Every time they say we have all the information we need and the refund will be issued. Still nothing has happened.

  Customer response

  04/30/2024

  I received the refund today. The case can be closed now. Thank you.

• Initial Complaint

  04/18/2024

  Complaint Type:

  Product Issues

  Status:

  Resolved

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  I have been trying to get my refund of $1017 from Ventra for the last 6 months with no resolution. I went to the hospital last Sep, got a bill from Ventra for $1017 (even though I'd provided my insurance information to the hospital) and not wanting to have something get sent to collections I paid the bill. It turned out they'd taken my insurance information down wrong, corrected it, and was then able to be paid in full from my insurance. I called about my refund and was initially told it takes ***** days to process. I waited for about 3 cycles of ***** days getting the same response when I'd email or call about the refund. Finally in March I emailed AGAIN and was told it would be sent on March 13th. Nothing was sent. I've reached out again through email, no response. I've called so many times it's crazy and always get told they will escalate the issue, make notes, call me back (no one ever calls back), etc. It's not April 18th and I've been dealing with this since last October. I feel like there is nobody at this company taking anything seriously and they've been holding my money for 6 months (interest free) while of course I've been being charged interest on that because I had to put it on a credit card. I'm beyond exhausted and just want some resolution and my money back. Going to a lawyer is going to cost more than I'm even due back but I'm considering it out of principle because someone needs to punish this company as they are basically robbing people.

  Business response

  04/25/2024

  Ventra sincerely apologizes for the many issues faced in attempting to receive your refund. We hope the issue has now been resolved to your satisfaction and thank you for your assistance in bringing this issue to resolution. 

  Customer response

  04/26/2024

  I have reviewed the business response and accept this resolution. *********************** was very helpful in getting things resolved for me right away as well as taking the time to understand what went wrong. I have my check now so everything is good.

• Initial Complaint

  04/04/2024

  Complaint Type:

  Product Issues

  Status:

  Answered

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  Ventra Health is a third party that bills on behalf of medical providers. On August 31, I paid on Account Number ******** for $186.90, confirmation ********. On November 17, I received a call from ******* at Ventra health informing me that the payment was applied to a different account *********, and they would send a refund immediately after I paid so they could credit the correct account ********. I paid the $176.90 again. When I didn't receive the refund, I call on January 30, 2024, and spoke with **** who said she would follow-up with a manager to get the refund processed- it hadn't been processed yet. On March 15 I called and spoke with *** who said she would follow-up with a manager because it still had not been processed. She promised me she would call me back the following Friday, and she did. When Jam called me back on Friday March 22,2024, she said she was mistaken the first time and that the check WAS mailed in mid-February and since it had been more than 5 weeks, they wanted to put a stop payment on it and would reissue a new check, but that would take another 60 days. I informed them that I felt I'd been patient enough and that I wanted to speak with a manager. She then gave me the name of *************************** (and her email address) and said ****** would call me back the same day. Well, not surprising, ****** did not call me back, ever. I called again on March 25, 2024 and spoke with a representative whose name I did not get. When I explained my distress and that I again wanted to speak to a manager, I was put on hold and then talked with ****, who claimed to be a manager. **** told me that a check was cut on that very day and sent out, which I am sure was another lie. it's now been 10 days and I still have not received my medical overpayment refund after almost 5 months and numerous phone calls. I have sent an email to *************************** and have yet to hear back.

  Business response

  04/12/2024

  Ventra Health sincerely apologizes for the lack of responsiveness and issues surrounding your refund check. Please be assured Ventra is reviewing and updating our processes to ensure issues like this do not occur in the future. A stop payment was issued on the refund check which never arrived and a new check was overnighted. Our apologies again.

  Thank you,

  Ventra Health

• Initial Complaint

  12/04/2023

  Complaint Type:

  Billing Issues

  Status:

  Unanswered

  More info

  I had visited an Emergency Room on *** 9th, 2023. After insurance, payment for the remaining balance was made to the hospital in full; no additional monies was evidently owed after that point in time. I have received no additional notification concerning this hospital visit, leading me to understand that chapter had closed. Around the middle of November 2023, I begin receiving phone calls multiple times a day, getting harassed by a debt collection agency demanding my personal information in regards to an outstanding debt to a "******************************". As I have no knowledge of outstanding payments for a **************** I assume it is an information gathering scam and ignore it. The calls increase in frequency and aggression until I receive a letter in the mail from this debt collection agency. Ventra Health conducts all billing for ****************************** and they claim to have mailed me a letter on August 10th, 2023 concerning an separate outstanding charge for my *** hospital visit. As stated, I have received nothing concerning this.Doing my research on Ventra Health, I find that I am not the first person this has happened to. It's the same song and dance over and over. "I'm getting harassed by a debt collection agency for a bill I was never notified about."Ventra Health is clearly unable to process invoices in a timely manner and seemingly sends bills directly to collections agencies with the guise of "we contacted you" to the payee. Ventra Health is negatively impacting people's credit to hide their own malpractice in doing so and should be held responsible for correcting those impacts. While they may dispute this stating that they have indeed been notifying people, my counterpoint is, when everybody else says this about you, how is it that everybody else is wrong?

• Initial Complaint

  11/27/2023

  Complaint Type:

  Billing Issues

  Status:

  Unanswered

  More info

  I've experienced an extensive ordeal with the VentraHealth ****************** for ************************************* in ************, **, regarding a refund owed to me. Despite my bill being paid in full for my son's visits in May and August 2022, ******** later covered the expenses, resulting in a refund owed to me of $350.The issue arose when the refund check, processed in April 2023, was mistakenly sent to my old address. After being contacted by a representative in late July or early August and providing my updated address.Subsequent calls in late September, mid-October, and mid-November only resulted in repetitive assurances of "more time" with various timelines given for the refund check's processing. At first I was being told ***** days. Then In November, I was told ***** days. I was eventually connected with a representative named ****** ***********************), who promised resolution and updates the next day but failed to follow through despite assuring she would call back.Attempts to reach ****** proved futile. Every time I tried to call the number she provided to me, I get a message that she is unavailable and I will be connected to the next available representative. Also, on numerous occasions, representatives have asked if it was ok to place me on a brief 2-3 minute hold so they can look into the issue for me and once placed on hold, they would disconnect the call.My primary concern remains the whereabouts of the refund check and a concrete timeline for its delivery, rather than further vague assurances of additional time.This prolonged and distressing situation requires urgent attention and resolution, avoiding further delay tactics and ensuring prompt communication regarding the status and delivery of the owed refund check.

• Initial Complaint

  10/30/2023

  Complaint Type:

  Billing Issues

  Status:

  Unanswered

  More info

  I received a statement from this company to pay for a procedure I had on 2/3/2023. 4/18/2023 - I received a statement and attempted to pay online but there was nothing showing up online so I paid over the phone. 5/18/2023 - I received another statement with the same amount due and not showing a payment was made, I called in and they stated to disregard.5/25/2023 - I received another statement with the same amount due and not showing a payment was made, I called in again and they stated to disregard and they will push it up the chain.10/10/2023 - I received another statement with the same amount due and not showing a payment was made, I called in and they stated that I am not the only individual that this has happened to and to email *************************** with proof of payment and that my account will be put on hold so that it will not get sent to collections. I did not get a response from *************************** (******************************************************)10/26/2023 - I received another statement, so I sent a follow up to ***************************, again with no response.10/30/2023 - I called in to figure out what is going on with my account and was told I should email ********************************* with this information and that a final notice was sent out and that this will get sent to collections. I asked how that's possible when I was told on 10/10 that my account would be put in review so that this exact thing wouldn't happen. I sent the same email I sent to *************************** to ********************************* to hopefully get this taken care of. The rep on the line said they couldn't send me an email outlining that my account would be put on hold so that it wouldn't get sent to collection and when I asked to be transferred to a supervisor they took down my number and I would hear back in 48 hours because no one was available. I"m really disappointed in this because I have been dealing with this for months with no resolution at all. I will also be filing a complaint with the Anesthesiologist that attended me.

• Initial Complaint

  06/02/2023

  Complaint Type:

  Service or Repair Issues

  Status:

  Unanswered

  More info

  7/15/22 - Emergency appendectomy 9/2/22 - Paid medical bill of $1691.00 online using a MasterCard, unbeknownst to me, COBRA w/Florida Blue paid the bill retroactively 9/23/22 - Spoke with Ventra Health about a refund. Was told a credit would be applied to my card within ***** days 10/24/22 - Emailed EMH-******************** at [email protected] inquiring about the refund 10/25/22 - Ventra responded that my information was sent to the refund department 11/21/22 - Emailed EMH-******************** again regarding the refund status 12/6/22 - Ventra responded that the refund was still pending for processing and a new inquiry had been sent to the refund department 1/3/23 - Emailed EMH-******************** again regarding the refund status 1/19/23 - Ventra responded that there have been no updates to the account. The matter was being escalated to the account manager. It was recommended that I check back with them within 10 business days for an update 2/6/23 - Emailed EMH-******************** again regarding the refund status 3/10/23 - Called Ventra Health and was told it the refund would take ***** days to process and to call back 4/24/23 - Left a voicemail and sent an email following up again. In addition, I also received a collections notice for $1,376.13 4/25 - Received a call from Ventra Health. The customer service rep said to disregard the collections notice and that she would call me back the following day with a status 5/12 - I called the person I spoke to on 4/25 but was told she was unavailable. The *** I spoke to said she would have her call me back.5/25/23 - Spoke with another ***. She would escalate this to a manager and would call back the next day.I have incurred finance charges of *****% monthly since the original payment was made.Needless to say, I shouldve reached out to you sooner. I have wasted so much time and energy and am exhausted. Can you please help me get my refund and the finance charges paid? Thank you in advance. *****************

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