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[Linda Brennan]

FYI-  Thank goodness a mother of a child I d/c in May got ahold of the county about a letter she got from United Health Care indicating they declined my 6 claims due to not having certain info.  They never sent me this letter and when I called they said that -I was an out of network provider- and they will not contact me.  Anyway, they needed my tax id, NPI, billing address, etc.  I sent it out, and sent the mom several self-addressed stamped envelopes in the event she gets anything else.  I am going to send the same info. to Excellus who is my biggest pain.  It appears many of you are computer savy.  I am not.   Anyway, my EIbilling site opens to twice the size that a regular page should.  I don't know how to reduce it. The top right hand corner does not do it.  I have to use the side bar and scan all the way down to the bottom to read the page or the bottom bar needs to be moved all the way right to see the entire page and printing is another story as I only get part of a page.  Is there an easy fix?  I am not going to look my name up online.  I don't need anymore stress in my life! 

On Fri, Aug 9, 2013 at 5:04 PM, <delaware-cou...@googlegroups.com> wrote:

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• Lack of privacy [1 Update]

 Lack of privacy

Me <krisham...@gmail.com> Aug 08 06:20PM -0400  

Well Amy and Keri this is not as straight forward as one would think.
Unfortunately the internet is getting crappier and crappier as we speak.
It used to be that you and I could put the same search criteria in and get
the same results. That meant that if I went to Bing or Google or Yahoo and
I put in "go dogs go" looking for Dr. Suess's book that we would all be
sent to the same URL (website). Now Bing and Google and Yahoo have found
ways to market what we search. This means that every search you do ever on
your computer gets kept in some secret file somewhere and the internet
"thinks" for you. This means that my search for "go dogs go" might come up
with adoptable dogs in the area because I tend to visit the Heart of the
Catskills
website a lot. If Keri bought a ton of dog food through the internet from
Petco (just a guess) then her search for "go dogs go" might turn up a sale
on dog food. And Amy being the literacy nut she is might actually get the
book she was looking for. This means that Kari has visited the website
that says she treats STD's while I have not. Now the "thinking" internet
will show Kari that website more and more the more she clicks on it while I
may never see the website offered because I haven't found that one yet.
 
I did put a little more information into finding Keri and I found current
and past addresses (not sure they are really her but probably as she spells
her name as she does). I may have found past highschool students she may
know and some names of friends/family but I'm not even sure I have the
right Keri.
 
Unfortunately all our information is out there and I know a number of
people that I could give a name to and could probably get your name address
phone and probably your SS number or a credit card number. Our information
hasn't been personal for years I hate to say. But don't think that this
means you need to run out there and get a ton of protections, no one is
interested in finding us contrary to popular belief and as long as you are
relatively low key and all that you shouldn't have problems.
 
Now after that rather long lesson in the internet that I'm sure most of you
didn't need :) I have to pack for my weekend sailing trip :) Have a great
weekend everyone!
 
 
 
On Thu, Aug 8, 2013 at 4:35 PM, Keri Woodworth


 

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