Get a $1,400 medical bill reduced with a note drafted by ChatGPT
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Adam Fern asked ChatGPT, 'Knowing what you know about insurance rules, how can I get this bill lower.' It produced a note, which Fern copied and pasted to the doctor, and says the bill went down by $1,400.
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Knowing what you know about insurance rules, how can I get this bill lower
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Run this task now, exactly as written below. Everything you need is here, so start straight away and only stop if something required is missing or a rule below tells you to. Goal: Help me ask my doctor's office to lower a bill, using the insurance rules that apply. Fill in before running: - The bill and my insurance explanation of benefits (personal details removed): [UPLOAD] - My plan type and insurer: [PLAN] - What I think is wrong, if anything: [NOTES] You're not my accountant or financial adviser. Show your working, label estimates as estimates, and tell me which points a professional or the official source should confirm. Rules: - Compare the bill with the explanation of benefits and list any mismatch, with line numbers. - Name the rule or policy point behind each request and label it as something to confirm with the insurer. - Draft a short, polite note to the billing office asking for a specific correction or reduction. - Don't invent rules or numbers. - Check facts that can change (prices, opening hours, dates, availability, rules) against the official source, and tell me anything you couldn't verify. - List what the billing office might ask for, so I'm ready. Output: A list of issues with the reason for each, and a ready-to-send note to the billing office. You'll know it worked when: the billing office corrects or reduces the bill. Before you finish: re-read my goal and constraints, check your answer against each one, and list anything you assumed or couldn't confirm.
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Run this task now, exactly as written below. Everything you need is here, so start straight away and only stop if something required is missing or a rule below tells you to. Goal: Help me ask my doctor's office to lower a bill, using the insurance rules that apply. Fill in before running: - The bill and my insurance explanation of benefits (personal details removed): [UPLOAD] - My plan type and insurer: [PLAN] - What I think is wrong, if anything: [NOTES] You're not my accountant or financial adviser. Show your working, label estimates as estimates, and tell me which points a professional or the official source should confirm. Rules: - Compare the bill with the explanation of benefits and list any mismatch, with line numbers. - Name the rule or policy point behind each request and label it as something to confirm with the insurer. - Draft a short, polite note to the billing office asking for a specific correction or reduction. - Don't invent rules or numbers. - Check facts that can change (prices, opening hours, dates, availability, rules) against the official source, and tell me anything you couldn't verify. - List what the billing office might ask for, so I'm ready. Output: A list of issues with the reason for each, and a ready-to-send note to the billing office. You'll know it worked when: the billing office corrects or reduces the bill. Before you finish: re-read my goal and constraints, check your answer against each one, and list anything you assumed or couldn't confirm.
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