Patients say Radiology Imaging Associates never sent bill

LONE TREE, Colo. — When collections comes calling, you usually know what they’re calling about. A Lone Tree man did not; not the first time, andmcertainly not the second.

Taking good care of his wife is what keeps Jim Samaras going.

“I’m her caretaker, and she gets whatever she wants,” said Samaras, whose wife, Lora, was diagnosed with stage four colon cancer. “She was my soulmate when we met back in ’79, and we got married, had three kids and have had a wonderful life.”

Now, while she fights for her life, Samaras is fighting a different battle.

“About six weeks ago, I received a letter in the mail from a collection agency saying that I haven’t paid a bill,” he said.

Radiology Imaging Associates sent his wife to collections for a $30 bill he never received.

“I’m like, okay, simple mistake, somewhere it happened. I went ahead and just went online, and I paid the bill,” Samaras said.

He then received a second notice that he had been sent to collections for a second bill he said he had not received, though he did receive a bill for another patient.

“I’m really wondering if this radiology company is sending out the bills, but not sending them to the right address,” he said.

His quick search revealed numerous online complaints about Radiology Imaging Associates from patients who said they were sent straight to collections.

“I ended up just paying that bill or that collections notice as soon as I got it because I didn’t want any of the grief that came with that,” said James Greaney,…

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