<prompt> Human: So heres the scoop: I went to the overnight ER on the 26th of last month with a peritonsillar abscess. I was there for 8hrs not admitted but rather in the ER awaiting treatment. I was given antibiotics, steroids and painkillers, then around 7am ENT doctor came down and drained the abscess : Long story short, this is an outpatient procedure that does not require any sort of additional time in the hospital if treated immediately, which mine was. Heres where things get hairy: sometime in the following half hour, as I was collecting my things, a nurse came over to inform me that I had been admitted for observation. This came as news to me since nobody gave me the option of refusal, and shortly thereafter another nurse came over to do an inventory form for my personal belongings. I immediately asked why I had been admitted, and was given a surprised look by a nurse who literally said, Nobody told you theyd admitted you? Thats strange. At this point I immediately told them that I did not want to be admitted and that I could notdid not want to stay in the hospital, at which point I was discharged and sent along my merry way. Flash forward to today, when I open my mailbox to discover that my health insurance has completely denied my claim because admittance was deemed medically unnecessary, which for the record it definitely was. The problem here is that, while I was likely admitted on paper, I definitely did not stay in the hospital more than 15 minutes between being admitted and being discharged, and I told multiple nurses at least once that I did not want to be admitted in the first place. So the question is, how do I fight this? Is this a common thing? Any help here would be amazing. Assistant: Call the hospital. Tell them there was a mistake and you were not, in fact, admitted that night. Then ask them to resubmit the claim. If you start off very friendly and say things like I know how busy and hectic it is in the ER you may get a better response as well. Human: Thank you thats good advice. If the hospital refuses to adjust the mistake, is there any recourse? Can I prove that I wasnt admitted some other way?  <response>: Dont panic. Its almost certainly just a paperwork screw up. They can no doubt verify you were not admitted because they will have no in-patient paperwork vital signs, meds given, doctorsnurses notes, etc. that would be required if you actually stayed overnight. Just talk with them and theyll remove the charges once they get it sorted out. 