<prompt> Human: About a year and a half ago I incurred some doctors bills. I saw the doctor several times and got treatment.During this time I gave them all my medical insurance information and they were going to bill the insurance. About 8 months later I was looking at my annual statement from my medical insurer and I didnt see any of the bills from this doctor and I had received none in the mail either. I called the doctors office and inquired if they had filed for payment. They said they would call me back. About a week later they finally called me back and said they had forgot to file a claim with my insurance company and the 6 month deadline to do so had passed. Now they expect me to pay the full 1,100 dollars for the treatment. They would never even have gotten the 1,100 from the insurance because the insurance discounts every bill and I would pay even less than that. What are my rights? They keep sending me bills and telling me I have to pay. Ive called them and asked to speak with their billing department to resolve this and they say the billing department will call me back but they never have. Im happy to pay them something but not the full amount and perhaps not even the part the insurance would have paid. What do you suggest?  <response>: Insurance worker here. As stated above, get in contact with your insurance company and inquire what their timely filing deadline is. I know for my company we are 1 year from DOS date of service. Let them know the situation, who youve talked to in the office, and when youve talked to them. If the rep you speak to is cool, theyll probably call that office real quick and see what happened in the situation. I see this happen a lot and usually when an insurance rep gets involved, the doctors office changes their tone real quick. I hope this helps in some way. Best of luck to you, friend. 