Performance Home Medical is a nightmare. DO NOT get involved with this company.
The people in the local offices are very nice, and seem to know what they're doing. Their billing department is another story. Their incompetence is breathtaking, biblical, galactic...truly beyond comprehension.
Philips recalled some of their cpaps/bipaps because they were full of a cancer-causing foam. I went through the procedure and got on the list with PHILIPS for a replacement. They estimated about a year to get to me.
About 4 months later, I receive a new bipap by delivery. I assumed it was sent by Philips. Turns out PHM decided to send this thing all on their own. It was gigantic. I travel for a living, and it simply couldn't be packed. So I used the old, cancerous one while on the road, and the behemoth at home.
Several months later, a new, normal sized replacement arrived from Philips. I went to return the colossus to PHM, and they refused it because they had ALREADY BILLED IT TO MY INSURANCE AS A PURCHASE, not a rental. Without informing me. And wanted several thousand dollars from me as well. GREAT business model: sell someone something that costs thousands because you have their insurance info. I went around and around, and they finally agreed it might not be, strictly speaking, legal what they had done. We agreed I would pay rental charges for the time I had it, and the cost of the supplies (hoses, masks, etc). I asked them to send me a bill. They sent one which included the erroneous sale, like a thousand dollars. I called them again and asked them to correct the bill and re-send it.
Here's the thing about PHM: They want to do everything on the phone. I don't want to place orders by phone, and I don't want to give CC information to some rando who calls me. Plus you can't get off the phone in under 15 minutes, with their ID checks and scripted nonsense. I don't want to spend an hour a month doing this.
Well, they never sent a corrected bill. They just turned it over to collections. So now I'm dealing with that. It's not like I refused to pay. I just wanted an accurate breakdown of ACTUAL charges, not the ones they made up in their heads. I'm perfectly willing to pay what I owe.
Do yourself a favor: if your healthcare provider recommends PHM, ask for a substitute. ANYONE else. read more