She Left Him. He Got the Superbills. We Took Care of Them
During a divorce, a mother who had always handled her daughter's out-of-network therapy superbills was asked by her ex, the plan subscriber, to keep doing it. She kept paying her share of the costs, but handed the claim submissions back to him, along with a link to MySuperbills.
During divorce proceedings, a woman I’ll call “Julie” got a flattering request from her soon-to-be ex-husband.
Their daughter was in therapy and covered under his health plan. He was the subscriber, but Julie had always handled the out-of-network superbills. So he asked if she could just keep doing it because she was so good at it.
Which, to be fair, was true. Julie knew how to submit the claims, chase the missing ones, decode the denials, and figure out what insurance actually wanted. She had become excellent at a job she never applied for.
Julie told him she would absolutely continue paying her share of their daughter’s medical expenses, as required by their divorce agreement. But the claim submissions were now his responsibility. She laughed as she told me that she very happily sent him the link to MySuperbills.
Some responsibilities have to be negotiated carefully in a divorce. Out-of-network claim submission does not have to be one of them.
Being “so good at it” is not a lifetime appointment.
MySuperbills is not a healthcare provider, insurance company, or legal advisor. We are a claim preparation and submission service. This article is general information, not medical or insurance advice.