Know Anyone Buried Under Mountains of Medical Debt?

Dec. 18, 2011 - PRLog -- CHICAGO, IL – There is no doubt the struggling economy has hit U.S. families hard. Job losses, reduced hours and rising medical costs have meant more and more families are facing mountains of medical debt due to catastrophic injuries or chronic illness and disease. This debt can run anywhere from the tens of thousands of dollars to hundreds of thousands of dollars to well over a million dollars.

“In many cases, this medical debt is due to medical coding errors,” said Sunni Patterson, co-founder and owner of Medical Bill & Claim Resolution in Chicago. “There errors cost consumers at least $$17 billion annually, according to the American Medical Association, and consumers don't even know they have a way to fight insurers’ decisions."
“MBCR would like to help a person or individual get out from under a mountain of medical debt this holiday season by providing our comprehensive bill analysis services for free. This can potentially wipe out thousands to hundreds of thousands of dollars from a person’s medical bills,” Patterson said.
MBCR is a wholly owned subsidiary of RMK Holdings Inc. RMK has been awarded Accredited Business status by the Better Business Bureau for its 25-year track record of building and promoting trust within the medical billing and collections industries, and for acting as a consumer advocate in the medical bill help industry.      
“Gross medical bill errors can unknowingly happen to any one of us, and are not based on income, ethnicity or profession. People who have used our services come from all walks of life – from senior

citizens to from parents, busy professionals, executives, family managers and consultants,” Patterson said.
Here's how to enter:

   Send us your story with as many details as you can share (the more details the better for  our evaluation)
   Include why you feel you/your nominee should win
   Include complete contact details, including mobile and/or home phone numbers and email
   The majority of the medical bill debt must have been incurred within the last 12 -24 months
   Submit via email with SUBJECT line: "Medical Bills Be Gone Nomination" to mbcr@medicalbillandclaimresolution.com or by snail mail to:

ATTN: Medical Bills Be Gone Nomination  

Medical Bill & Claim Resolution (MBCR)

625 N. Michigan Ave., Suite 600

Chicago, IL  60611
All entries must be received by Friday, December 23, 2011, with winner announced shortly thereafter. By entering, you grant us permission to publish your name in our subsequent write-up and results.
Who will you nominate?
As professional medical billers and coders, MBCR processes over 40,000 bills each month, resulting in:

   reversing up to 60 percent of claims denied by insurers;
   recovering up to 50 percent more patient dollars because of medical bill coding errors;
   and recovering up to 80% more patient dollars on underpaid claims.


About MBCR and RMK Holdings:
MBCR is a wholly owned subsidiary of RMK Holdings Inc. Since 1980, RMK has provided medical billing and revenue management services to healthcare organizations and their patients, resulting in prompt and accurate reconciliations and payments between providers, insurers and consumers.

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Medical Bill and Claim Resolution analyzes medical bills or claim for errors by comparing them to your insurance plan, state and federal regulations or industry practices. Even if you are uninsured, MBCR can also help you.