Alexis Rodriguez received treatment for pneumonia last spring. However, after the system inaccurately printed the invoice number into the “amount due” field, he received an eight-figure bill, according to the report.
Other patients have also complained that their billing statements from Bronx-Lebanon were inordinately high. PHY Services, the hospital’s billing firm, has since issued apologies and appropriate invoices to the affected patients.
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