Free Health Fairs Could Cost You, Beware - Part 2

In addition to the health care fraud that these Medicare "free health fairs" are that I discussed in Part 1, we have also seen where persons who thought that they were being given "free" medical testing are later sent to collections for failing to pay the balance that Medicare did not pay.

Somewhere between the doctors regular patients and those he tested at the "free health fair" there was a mix up between who was suppose to be billed for the doctors regular patients and who was not to be billed as they were tested at the "free health fair."

When this happens we commonly see patients file a complaint with the state licensing agency against the doctor for financial exploitation and a violation of the standard of care in the practice of medicine for performing unnecessary tests.

So remember the next time you see a "free health fair" advertised, remember it's not always free and it may not even be good for your health.