Handling Medical Expenses After A Car Accident

When you are involved in an accident, you may be surprised to see all the bills that accumulate due to your accident. You will receive a bill from each person, company, or business involved in your assistance. This includes the ambulance, the ER, the radiology center that read the X-rays, pharmacies, and anyone else involved.

So how do these bills get paid? You most likely won’t give any of these a second thought until the bills start rolling in and you have no job to pay for them. What do you do? These bills need to get paid but you are in dire need of money to pay them all off. However, it’s not that easy if the accident wasn’t your fault, or if you weren’t the only one to blame.

How will these bills get paid?

If you were hit by another driver, you need to collect the auto insurance from the other driver to help pay your bills. Oftentimes, a law enforcement officer will gather that information when they are called. If no law enforcement comes to the scene of accident because it’s minor, you may want to exchange the information on your own.

After the accident, you can’t assume that the lawyer is going to handle all the bills as they come in. The care that you receive will need to be your responsibility so if you get bills in the mail, and you will most likely receive quite a few, then you need to call them immediately and let them know the circumstances and to give them all the information that you know.

When will my bills be paid?

When you have bills to pay, you need to begin to sort them out as you as you get them because medical bills can accumulate very quickly. Medical treatment normally takes time. Settlement negotiations will begin immediately once the insurance parties or lawyers are aware of the accident and what all was involved. Making the settlement negotiations easier for everyone involved will depend on the paper trail you leave from the moment your accident occurred to the moment you go in for negotiations.

If you receive a bill, you need to save a copy in your file and give your lawyer the hard copy. Keeping track of the paperwork now will make it easier for you in the future, if it’s ever brought up. You should use your copy to write when you received the bill, who you contacted regarding the bill, and any payment details you have made on the payment.

That is why it is important to hire the services of an expert injury lawyer in Ottawa to handle the negotiations with the defendant or the insurance company. They are skilled at mediation and negotiations and if that fails, they are apt at handling the claim at trials.