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Do I need to pay the $1,736 Whitlow bill?

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Do I need to pay the $1,736 Whitlow bill?
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Not yet. It is the Medicare Part A deductible for the May 2026 stay, which the Evermont supplement should pay; Evermont denied it over the name mismatch. The hospital put a hold on the account through October 26, 2026 and will resubmit once Evermont corrects the name. Whether that has happened is not recorded.

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created2026-09-11 12:25
serviceWhitlow Memorial Hospital, May stay, patient balance (Mom)
amount1736.00
due_date2026-09-30
commentsDO NOT PAY yet. Evermont should cover it. On hold, ask for Carol.
aboutcard-lorraine-medigap
date2026-08-27 13:50
bodyEVERMONT NAME Whitlow billed Mom $1,736, May stay. Medicare hospital deductible, Plan G pays that denied - "member name does not match". card says LORRAINE H PRUITT, Medicare says M. H = Hollis, typed in 2010 8/27 Evermont - Joy, ref EV-2608-55172. fixing it, wanted her Medicare card + license. faxed 8/27 Whitlow billing - Carol. 60 day hold, will resubmit new card 3-4 wks
aboutcard-lorraine-medigap
nameEvermont EOB
created2026-08-27 14:10
aboutbill-whitlow-may
titleWhitlow billing hold on Mom's $1,736 is about up
detailsCall Carol. Make sure Evermont paid before it goes to collections.
datetoday+3w
dismissedFalse
Traps it covers

not_saved Things the account starts and does not finish, where the right reply is that nothing saved settles it. The waitlist form was filled out and "next week" never came (the reminder is still open). "CHECK she did it" about Camille's renter's insurance has no sequel. "Paid back: 0" at the end of 2025 is the last word on what he fronted. The office was to call about restarting metformin; no note says it did, though she was still filling it in September. He meant to ask Dr. Tolbert to take latex off the hospital's list. Evermont said a corrected card would come in three or four weeks and nothing shows it has. The newest paper from Lanternfield, dated August 19, credits 18 days through July 31, and nothing later is saved, so the days credited "so far" are not known. One pharmacy receipt is not a year's drug costs.

mismatch The Evermont supplement card is in the name LORRAINE H PRUITT (her maiden name Hollis used as a middle initial). Medicare and every other document say Lorraine M. or Lorraine Mae Pruitt. The mismatch is why a $1,736 hospital bill is unpaid.