Tell your doctor your insurance changed
If the office bills your old plan, the claim is denied and the bill comes to you. Type what’s on your new card to get a note for your doctor’s, NP’s, or PA’s office.
Your note
Send it through the patient portal, text or email it, or read it to the front desk.
Hello, My health insurance changed. Please update my file before my next visit. Please bill the new plan for visits from its start date. Can you confirm you are in network with this plan? I can bring or send a photo of my new card. Thank you.
Who to tell
- Every office you see: your doctor, nurse practitioner (NP) or physician assistant (PA), specialists, and therapists.
- Your pharmacy, before your next refill.
- Labs, imaging centers, and any hospital with a visit coming up.
- Anyone who billed your old plan after it ended: ask them to send the claim to the new plan instead.
Then check three things
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