Susan writes:

I just  had a very bizarre and disturbing experience. I received a phone 
call from  someone named Nathan Klein with United Health Care.  He mentioned 
the  name of one of my clients but did not provide a member ID or claim  
number. 
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This reminds me a little of an experience I had last month: a woman named  
Sharon called, from a #866-331-6256, claiming she was calling on behalf of 
an  insurance company, MultiPlan, naming a baby I had seen, the mother's 
name,  and a "reference " number. She left two messages. Online the # came up as 
a scam  call from some company that tries to insert itself between 
providers and their  clients, saying they will do the billing for you, or help the 
client get  reimbursed, but what they mean is they take a cut of the fee or 
reimbursed  amount. When I finally called back to tell them to STOP leaving 
me messages,  this woman got on the phone and said "oh no this is just to 
help this person get  reimbursed, we just need more information, blahblah". I 
called the baby's mother  and told her about it, saying I thought it was a 
scam but that if her insurance  company did call her, to let me know if it was 
legitimate. It took mom a  month, but she called me back saying she never 
had any trouble with her  insurance, and had gotten no call like this. Not 
surprisingly, the information  this person said she needed to send me to fill 
out so the mom could get  reimbursed never came, and that was from November 
26th. Hmmm. If you still have  the #, you can type it into a Google search 
and see if it pops as a scam. The #  I typed in came up on several pages, 
mostly with MDs writing in how they were  getting these bogus calls. I did 
report it to the site as well. 
 
Peace,
Judy  

Judy LeVan  Fram, PT, IBCLC, LLLL
Brooklyn, NY,  USA
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