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Probably the toughest problem any new user faces when switching platforms is finding comparable apps on their new OS. Sure, we have the Windows Phone Central forums to help and we try to do what we can here, but Nokia has something even better.
Nokia, in conjunction with Xyologic, have teamed up to bring a site called Find your Favorite Apps (www.xyo.net/lumia) that allows you to name the platform you're coming from (iPhone, Android), choose one of 15 supported countries and then the app you are looking to pick up. The service then searches database and comes up with what it thinks is the best choice. Heck, it even auto-creates a QR code for quick and easy scanning.
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I never thought a flat bag would appeal to me. After all, structure and interesting details are both literally and figuratively what give an accessory depth. But after lugging one heavy bag after another dangling with silly nonsense, I found myself seeking a sleek bag that packs well, is easy to store, and won't cause my shoulders to slump in awkward discomfort for the summer. Conveniently enough, Guillaume Henry had exactly the same idea in mind. His latest design for the House ofNina Ricci, the Irrisor tote, is about as simple and clean as a bag can get. And lightweight to boot. Elongated handles and shape with slightly curved edges, the classic tote gets a modern yet feminine update. In comparison to fur balls, eye balls, and monsters (all of which I still adore), this is a pleasantly sophisticated alternative. But is it practical? Mais, oui! I tested out all three sizes of Nina Ricci's new shape and discovered endless possibilities for the most versatile tote of the season. Here's how I'll be carrying each size…
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Gwen Stefani is a new mom again.
The 44-year-old No Doubt star and her musician/actor husband Gavin Rossdale became parents to a third son on Friday.
The proud dad announced the news to fans on Twitter.com on Saturday, writing, "Welcome Apollo Bowie Flynn Rossdale 2/28/14. Bowie and Flynn = (our) mothers' maiden names."
@gwenstefani welcome APOLLO BOWIE FLYNN ROSSDALE ❤❤❤ 2/28/14 ❤❤❤
(bowie and Flynn =mothers' maiden names )
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Baby Apollo is the younger brother of Kingston, 7, and Zuma, 5.
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Feathered brothers and sisters, you came to us broken and as you bled…….we saw you desperate, dehydrated, desiccated, diseased, distressed, emaciated, famished, frayed, frightened, helpless, hungry, ragged, ravenous, shaken, shocked, shot, sickly, stressed, stunned, tattered, thirsty, traumatized, torn, weary and wounded. Defiantly, you stood us off with your last breath as we tried to tend to you. We saw you come in as cute, naked, fuzzy, cuddly youth, as mischievous, defiant adolescents, as fierce, regal rulers of the sky and as cunning, maimed elders whose time on earth was almost done. You endeared yourselves to us, bit us, charmed us, footed us, delighted us, hissed at us, talked to us, mantled at us, and graced us with your presence.
Some of you mended and were able to go on your way, never looking back. Some of you were injured in ways that prevented you from going, so you stayed with us to teach us…….And we came to love you. Others were too far gone, and you went home - where you fly free from pain with the Great One. All of you have touched us, and we are changed because of you.
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After four weeks of voting in 10Best.com's Readers' Choice contest, your votes helped identify North America's "Best Pet Friendly Hotel." The winners are:
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Review: L'Oréal Professionnel Homme Mat and Homme Clay
With more and more men using grooming products these days why not go for the good stuff and look your best? Most of us don't want to spend alot of time getting the look we want to achieve and that really holds true when it comes to hairstyling. We leave the long preperation to our opposite sex honeys!
Bullz-Eye.com tested L'Oréal Professionnel Homme Mat which is a sculpting pomade (a fancy word for a greasy or waxy substance) and L'Oréal Professionnel Homme Clay which is a really strong hold clay! Keep in mind that our goal was to get an effortlessly cool look with lasting results. We tried Mat on wet and dry hair and all it took was rubbing a small amount bewteen your hands then working it through your hair for the desired look you want to obtain. I went with a more groomed look and I must say mat kept my hair in check and lasted all day and evening long. I changed things up with Clay and went for a messy look working it into dry hair. I ended up with a very strong hold and an intense matte finish and the look I was aiming for.
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On Saturday night, hundreds of artgoers will converge on the former Pierce Arrow showroom (1685 Elmwood Ave.) for Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center's 24th Artists & Models party.
The popular fundraiser, which has drawn crowds to various disused buildings around the city in recent years, includes more than two dozen art installations and performances along with dance, music and drinks.
"From its inception," Hallwalls curator John Massier wrote in a release, "Artists & Models has always been a hybrid creature, a mixture of planned, thoughtful artistic purpose and unhinged, spontaneous activity. It has always been, and remains, a zone of sensory overload, temporary psychosis and unbridled enthusiasm."
This year, the wide open space of the Pierce Arrow complex - not to be confused with the nearby Great Arrow Building- lends the event an even more communal sensibility than usual.
"It has an interesting architectural structure, vaulted ceilings and arches," said Hallwalls Executive Director Edmund Cardoni. The event, he added, will be "more spectacular than usual and will be seen by a lot of people at once as opposed to people exploring through nooks and crannies."
The theme of this year's affair is "Showoffs," and, as is typical for Artists & Models affairs, it has attracted plenty of bizarre and often tongue-in-cheek installation proposals. Some artists have chosen to interpret that theme broadly, while others have ignored it completely. There some 30 installations or performances.
In one of this year's zanier installations, a collaboration among Alice Alexandrescu, Kyle Butler and Shasti O'Leary Soudant, features 5,000 twistable balloons dropped from the ceiling. Visitors will be instructed to create a single mammoth balloon animal "that will then be paraded through the space and perhaps even onto the street."
Elsewhere, visitors will be hacking away at a unicorn piñata by sculptor Bethany Krull, listening to the dulcet tones of a roving artist known as Jimyn The Singing Mime or participating in Jeff Maciejewski's installation "Aunto Botzo's Ice Cream and Advice," which will dish out "advice about perms, the coming nuclear war, and why you should kiss boys."
The event will also host performances from Melanie Aceto Dance, the Real Dream Cabaret, the artist collective Buffalo Lab and live painting by Phil Durgan and Joel Coon. Music is by Live Band Karaoke, Jack Topht, the 12/8 Path Band and DJ Alexandra P. Spaulding.
The event, launched in 1984 by Tony Billoni, is Hallwalls' largest fundraiser of the year.
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An Exhibition by Four Japanese American Women Artists:
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Reception: August 21, Saturday, 6 - 9 pm
Four Sansei women artists draw from personal, family and collective narratives to explore the complex legacies of the Japanese American experience through collage, assemblage, glass, found objects, painting, photography, image transfer, word, video, installation, and performance.
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Art Making Workshop, Sun, Aug 29, 1 - 4:30 pm Honoring Ancestors Through Art, Tell their stories through writing, painting, and collage. Facilitator: Judy Shintani, JFKU Arts & Consciousness Alumna. $25 RSVP: [email protected]
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For human resources manager Holly Bowers, the payoff of using reference-checking software was immediate.
Bowers, who works at Freedom from Hunger, a 50-employee international development organization in Davis, California, has just a part-time assistant for support. Before automating the reference-checking process, Bowers was lucky if she had time to check three references per job candidate.
All that changed two years ago when Bowers began using Pre-Hire 360, an online reference checking tool offered by software firm SkillSurvey Inc. Gone are the days of trying to wrangle each candidate's references by phone, a process made more complex by the not-for-profit's numerous applicants with international résumés and references. What used to take Bowers up to two weeks now takes as little as one or two days.
"It's a huge time saver," Bowers says. "All I do is input the candidate's name and e-mail address. I don't have to make phone calls."
Instead, a candidate's references are asked to rate the person's skills online, anonymously, in a survey of approximately 25 questions—a process that takes all of 10 minutes and can be done on the person's own time. Once all necessary references have responded, Pre-Hire 360 aggregates their ratings into a report.
Efficiency is only part of the equation, though. According to a new report from Bersin & Associates on talent acquisition trends, more companies are turning to automated reference checking tools such as Pre-Hire 360, Checkster's Reference Checkup and ERC Dataplus Inc.' Selectech 360 Reference Checks to help strengthen their finalist pool. Armed with this software, not only can companies obtain better feedback from references, but also they can obtain more of it per candidate.
"Many organizations are starting to use technology to standardize the reference-checking process in a way that adheres to regulations and also captures a 360-degree view of a candidate," says Karen O'Leonard, director of research methods and analytics at Bersin & Associates. By getting a more comprehensive picture of top candidates, including input from their peers, customers and partners, employers can prevent costly hiring mistakes, she adds.
Bowers, for example, now requires candidates who pass a phone screen to immediately submit a minimum of five references in Pre-Hire 360, two of whom must be past or present managers. Before she switched to the reference-checking tool, Bowers wouldn't reach out to a candidate's references until later in the process and wouldn't have had time to contact nearly as many. Chasing down references by phone was simply too time-consuming. Unfortunately, this sometimes meant sending a less-than-stellar candidate to meet a hiring manager. But thanks to the comprehensive, early intelligence Bowers now receives from Pre-Hire 360, this is no longer the case.
"It's allowing us to pick candidates that are a better fit to go to the final interview process," she says.
In addition to the resource hit, the time-honored tradition of checking a candidate's references by phone isn't exactly known for its insightfulness or reliability.
"Often we were getting stopped at just name, rank and serial number," says Jeffrey Wade, principal of Anchor Planning Group, an executive recruiting firm in Fredericksburg, Virginia, who ditched phone reference checks a year ago.
Since moving to an anonymous online process, "we get much more comprehensive data," says Wade, a Selectech 360 Reference Checks customer. Without the threat of being identified, he says, references tend to be brutally frank about their colleagues, yielding much more useful information.
Bowers concurs. "They don't have to worry about, 'This is going to get back to them.' Sometimes the candidates don't even realize that their references are ruling them out," she says.
"It's a game-changer," adds Ray Bixler, CEO of SkillSurvey, which has roughly 900 Pre-Hire 360 customers, including more than 500 hospitals and corporations such as McDonald's Corp., Kohl's Corp. and eBay Inc.
"Recruiters love it," Bixler says. "They may not bring in one or two people they thought had done pretty well on the phone, based on the reference feedback. Instead of a hiring manager meeting seven people, maybe they'll only meet four or five."
Besides streamlining the interview process, companies using reference-checking software say it's greatly reduced hirer's remorse.
Back when he was checking references by phone, Wade offered his clients the standard 30- to 90-day guarantee on candidates his firm placed. But automating the process has made Wade so confident about his recommendations that he's raised that guarantee to one year.
Of the 30 candidates Wade has placed in the past year, "we only had to replace one," he says. "And that was because one spouse got relocated halfway across the country."
According to Bixler, more than half the companies using Pre-Hire 360 use it to check references after an initial phone screen to determine whether to bring the candidate in.
Littelfuse Inc., an international developer of electrical circuit-protection products, is one such employer. A year ago, it moved from assessing references with Pre-Hire 360 just before making finalists an offer to using the tool to check references right after a candidate's first phone screen. The result: more bull's-eyes.
"It's absolutely increasing the quality of our hires," says Holly Stanton, Littelfuse's worldwide HR director. "I probably would have had 40 percent more people hired that we would have ended up firing or that wouldn't be performing as well."
Stanton knows she's struck gold when all five of a candidate's references give them an off-the-charts rating.
"That's not very common," Stanton says. "When I hire people like that, they turn out to be rock stars."
Michelle Goodman is a freelance writer based in Seattle and author of The Anti 9-to-5 Guide. To Comment, email email@example.com.


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As the media window closed Thursday, still no sign of tackle Tony Pashos, or center-guard Andre Gurode, as well as strong safety Tyvon Branch.
Coach Dennis Allen said this week he didn't consider Pashos or Gurode to be long-term injuries, but wasn't sure when they'd be back at practice. Branch's situation has been kept secret from the start. It's been reported he fractured an ankle in Week 2 but the club never confirmed it.
Branch has been off crutches recently but hasn't been spotted working with the training staff.
Left tackle Jared Veldheer made his first appearance working on the side with a trainer Thursday. Allen said Wednesday Veldheer's rehab would "ramp up" following his visit with a doctor Monday.
Allen said Veldheer is on schedule for what he thought would be a three-month recovery from surgery, which would put his return at later this month.
With Menelik Watson also practicing, and Pashos and Gurode expected to return, the Raiders by their standards could have an abundance of healthy bodies along the offensive line at some point this month.
At that point, the Raiders would need to determine if Khalif Barnes reclaims his spot at right tackle even if Pashos is available. Gurode would compete with Lucas Nix at left guard. Right tackle Matt McCants has been a pleasant surprise in his three starts and gained valuable experience.


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Everyone knows I love me some Real Housewives of New York City, and I love me some reunion too. But this madness has reached a new low. I thought last week's ninety-minute bitchfest represented a new low for the franchise, but it was nothing compared to last night's parade of squabbling, which managed to make every single woman on screen look more idiotic than ever before. I'd be embarrassed to be related to, work for, or associated with any of them… but of course, I'd be thrilled if I ran any one of them on the street. What can I say? It's all very love / hate.
There was something horrific in watching the women go at it last night. I think it was the rampant lack of self-awareness. It all played out like the worst schoolyard fight of all time, and while I understand that many of them had things they wanted to get off their chest, surely they could have found more productive ways to do so — like… maybe using indoor voices?
The whole thing was just more of the same. Alex was bonkers with rage once again, but I gotta admit, the brunettes were so obnoxious with their snide comments and upfront mockery of the blondes, that I felt some sort of empathy for the blondes. Sonja wisely stayed out of the fray for the most part this week, but Ramona more than made up for it with her usual combination of staunch self-defense and vicious attacks. One that outed Jill as a former AA attendee (allegedly) was particularly below-the-belt.
Amusingly, with all the harsh words being sent back and forth, when the scrutiny finally landed on LuAnn, she brushed off all her condescending and obnoxious comments by saying she was just having a little bit of fun. For someone who seems ready to take umbrage at the slightest offense (ie. a pregnancy test on a boat), she seems pretty quick to take on the role of casual jokester. Even more curious was LuAnn's refusal to admit that she makes little digs at people. Perhaps that's because she seems to think digs are only digs when they're said behind one's back. Who knows? Nevertheless, props to LuAnn for her passive-aggressive praise for Bethenny, to whom she referred as finally catching up to the rest of the gang money-wise. Not to burst LuAnn's bubble, but methinks Bethenny has caught up, run circles around, and left all the gals in the dust.
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Happy New Year. Been off the grid? Let's get you caught up with various prospects and developments in Chicago theater.
The last couple of weeks of 2012 produced a slew of fascinating developments. A little production titled "The Book of Mormon" opened at the Bank of America Theatre, with just a few bucks in its promotional budget. So far, the hit musical has sold virtually every seat on offer, many at never-seen-in-Chicago prices. A new block of tickets was released last week; the Chicago production now is selling through Sept. 8. I cannot imagine this production is going anywhere before at least January 2014, given how fast tickets are disappearing for the summer dates. And what happens next January? It's impossible to say at this point. But there is no way "Mormon" will stay if demand slows; there's too much interest elsewhere. Right now, it's standing room only for the missionary boys.
The other sold-out show in Chicago is the Mary-Arrchie Theatre's magnificent production of "The Glass Menagerie." After saying at first that the show, directed by and starring Hans Fleischmann, could not be extended due to the actors' schedules, the venerable fringe theater changed its mind and added performances through Feb. 17. It promptly sold out all tickets to those new shows (and, to its credit, Mary-Arrchie did not raise its ticket prices). So will there be a further extension? Mary-Arrchie has yet to say. But something must happen with this magnificent little production.
So what new spaces are we going to see in 2013? If all goes well, Griffin Theatre will open its new venue in Andersonville, which should secure the long-term future of this essential Chicago company. Steppenwolf won't be finished with its planned additions and renovations this year, of course, but you can expect to see an announcement of what exactly this most famous of Chicago theaters plans to do with its expanded footprint on Chicago's North Side. This will be, for sure, a very important cultural project in Chicago.
One space appears to be coming back to life. After first announcing that it planned to mothball the Arie Crown Theater (2301 S. Lake Shore Drive), the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority rented out the facility to the touring production of "Fela!" (This latest visit of the Broadway hit, which now features Michelle Williams, is not a Broadway in Chicago booking; performances are Feb. 19-23, and tickets are available at ticketmaster.com and the Arie Crown box office.) I've long been of the view that, since its renovations, the Arie Crown is a far better space for shows than many people think. One has to deal with the surroundings, which aren't exactly urbane and user-friendly, but the theater itself is a quite decent place to see a big musical. I'm glad it's back.
As was the case in 2012, the commercial scene is relatively quiet. With the Mercury Theater now turning to self-production, "Million Dollar Quartet" showing no signs whatsoever of closing at the Apollo Theater and Blue Man Group still occupying the Briar Street Theatre, there is a chronic lack of available spaces. Although details remain sketchy, it appears that Hershey Felder, the actor-pianist-entrepreneur known for his solo biographies of great composers, plans to produce several shows at the Royal George Theatre in the coming months, essentially taking over the main stage of one of the few rental venues that remain. These upcoming projects include "An American Story for Actor and Orchestra," about Abraham Lincoln (performances begin March 8), and the intriguing prospect of a show about the late Jack Lemmon, created by the actor's son, Christopher. (No dates have been announced.) So will Felder turn himself into a significant producing force in Chicago? That should become clear during the upcoming year.
One hopes the Chicago Commercial Collective, very quiet of late, will announce more shows in coming weeks, per its previously announced mandate to create commercial transfers of worthy productions of Chicago shows. There is also plenty of room for more shows downtown — one hopes that the Broadway Playhouse, which has been busy, can boost the quality of its productions.
One 2013 project has already exceeded expectations: The Second City's sketch-and-music driven collaboration with the Lyric Opera of Chicago (which I haven't seen) proved far more popular than expected, and producers have announced an extended run at the Lyric, following the regular opera season. This project might also have legs in other cities where opera companies are looking to educate audiences and shed any sense of a stuffy image.
You should also keep your eye on the new collaboration between StarKid Productions, which has a fiercely loyal and massive following among its youthful target demographic, and Second City, which now will house regular productions by the group known for its Internet musicals. That could turn into something big.
In Chicago, of course, you just never know. Which is why every new year comes with the whiff of anticipation. There's new talk of the long-rumored arrival of Teatro ZinZanni, the Seattle-based circus/dinner/vaudeville outfit, which has been looking for years to set up a permanent operation somewhere in or near downtown Chicago. That would give us another resident show aimed at visitors, which would be a very good thing as the city builds its bill of cultural fare.
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Who ate my dill?
One day this summer, I noticed my dill was stripped clean in my vegetable garden, which disappointed me, to say the least. Upon further inspection, I found the culprit. It was a plump Black Swallowtail caterpillar! Somehow my disgust quickly dissipated into delight.
I quickly looked over my other carrot family plants like cilantro, parsley and Queen Anne's Lace, hoping to find more. Black Swallowtails feed on plants from the Parsley/Carrot family. In fact, some people call them parsley-worms. I didn't see any more caterpillars that day but decided to make a point of watching my little friend's progress from then on.
Since he had eaten all my dill, I moved him over to some Queen Anne's Lace. Two days later he had undergone a change; he had attached himself to a stem. The next day he started making the chrysalis, which became more colorful as time went on.
Fully expecting him to overwinter in my garden, I marked the spot where he was so as not to disturb it when cleaning out my flowerbeds in the fall. We then went on vacation for 2 weeks.
First thing I did when I got home though was to check on my guest. He was gone! I missed the show.
From my first encounter to the chrysalis stage took about 10 days. How long it took him to transform and fly the coop, I don't know. What I do know is, next year, I am planting more dill!
Although I did find a few more caterpillars in my garden, I never did find their chrysalises. I hope they have moved on to start the whole life-cycle all over again as well.
If you have never witnessed the unusual transformation of caterpillars into butterflies, you have missed one of God's most amazing little shows on earth. The intracacy of each stage and how different each is from the other is truly a mystery--a mystery I never tire of witnessing.
Want to learn more? Magiccanoe.com: Black Swallowtail caterpillar
Insects.tamu.edu Fieldguide Black Swallowtail (Photo of adult is from here)
Life Cycle of a Black Swallowtail Butterfly - includes info on how to set up a butterfly watching enclosure.
Links: Practically Speaking, Betterbrookfield, RandyMelchert, Jay Weber, Vicki McKenna, The Right View Wisconsin, CNS News, Mark Levin, Breitbart BigGovernment, The Heritage Foundation


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Erika and Sandra came from Russia to have a good old Euro Sex Party. They were both really hot and ready to fuck. Sandra was a little cutie with a naughty smile, and Erika had a juicy ass. They went sightseeing at tourist locations, and when they got back to the car, they began sucking cock. Once back at the apartment, Erika and Sandra began undressing and revealing their luscious bodies. The girls got fucked in their pussies and assholes and loved the anal action. In the end, they even got treated to a covering of man juice all over their faces.


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After an outpatient procedure last summer, Sidney Fallender was expecting to go straight home. But when two nurses tried to get the 93-year-old Sherman Oaks resident on his feet, they discovered he was unable to walk on his own.
"The doctor told her assistant to call the paramedics," Fallender recalled. He was taken to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center by ambulance, less than a mile from his doctor's office, for possible emergency surgery.
"A couple of weeks later I got a bill for the ambulance service in the amount of almost $1,000," he says. Medicare denied his claim on the grounds that it wasn't medically necessary, and the ambulance company sought payment directly from him.
Fallender wondered why he owed anything at all for his ride to the hospital. "I am a property-tax payer. I was picked up by a Fire Department ambulance," he says.
In Southern California, it's a common misconception that ambulance transportation is a free public service, says Cathy Chidester, director of the Los Angeles County Emergency Medical Services Agency. "Though people think that their tax dollar pays for the paramedic service, it really doesn't," she says. "It pays for fire service."
The operation and financing of ambulance services are complicated and vary widely throughout the country. In Los Angeles County, the Fire Department contracts with ambulance companies to handle emergency transports. The city of Los Angeles handles its own transport and uses its own employees, Chidester says.
Elsewhere around the country, ambulance services are operated by any mix of volunteers, ambulance companies, municipal EMS providers or fire departments.
"If you've seen one EMS service you've seen one EMS service — because no two are alike," says Dr. Robert O'Connor, board member of the American College of Emergency Physicians and chair of emergency medicine at the University of Virginia at Charlottesville.
The costs of ambulance services vary widely too. According to a 2012 report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office, an ambulance ride can range from $224 to $2,204 per transport for Medicare beneficiaries. In Los Angeles, charges average about $1,200.
You can't predict when you'll need an ambulance, but a little education about how services operate in your area, what insurance policies cover, and common errors in billing can go a long way toward avoiding sticker shock.
Know what insurance covers. Both Medicare and private insurance generally cover the cost of ambulance rides, but they rely on medical necessity when determining reimbursement.
Ambulance trips are considered medically necessary in cases of a sudden emergency or when your health is in serious danger and time is crucial. An ambulance may also be considered a necessary service in non-emergency situations, such as when a patient needs to be moved from one hospital to another.
In Los Angeles and in many parts of the country, emergency ambulance services — those that show up following a call to 911 — don't hold contracts with insurance companies, so there's no point worrying about whether you're being picked up by an in-network provider.
But experts say that if you're being moved from home to a medical facility or between facilities for treatment, you can reduce out-of-pocket costs by asking in advance whether the ambulance service participates with your health plan.
Confirm that your ride was properly billed. When ambulance services seek payment from insurance companies, they file claims using code numbers to indicate the service they provided. Fallender's case was clearly an emergency, but his claim was denied, he later learned, because it was billed improperly by the ambulance company when it submitted the bill to Medicare.
That has become a trend in the last 18 months to two years, particularly for Medicare recipients, says Bridget Homer, an attorney with the Center for Health Care Rights in Los Angeles.
"We're getting tons of calls from people getting ambulance denials," she says. Ambulance companies are using a code "that indicates it's not for emergency services, and they're automatically denied."
Appeal charges. Consumers can appeal to ambulance companies when bills seem high or improper. All of the ambulance companies contracted for 911 services in Los Angeles County have a patient advocate or billing person available to help.
Homer says it's worth calling the ambulance company to ask that the bill be coded properly and resubmitted when that's the reason for payment delays. But she cautions that her organization, which advocates for consumer healthcare rights, has faced some roadblocks.
It's sometimes difficult getting in touch with someone who will resubmit the claim, resulting in some bills being sent to collections, she says. "People going through the appeals process are having their credit ruined in the end just to have it approved by Medicare."
When consumers don't have luck with the ambulance companies directly, Chidester, the county EMS official, says their cases are sometimes referred to her office for resolution.
Experts say consumers facing high bills can also enlist the help of medical billing advocates to negotiate a better price. Medicare denial letters should include the number of an organization where they can get help filing an appeal.
After an involved effort to correct the billing mistake with no luck, Fallender got help from a consumer advocacy organization. "They were extraordinarily helpful," he says. "The appeal was settled in my favor."
Information/help with ambulance services: Los Angeles County Emergency Medical Services Agency at ems.dhs.lacounty.gov or Orange County Emergency Medical Services at healthdisasteroc.org/ems
Help fighting bills: Patient Advocate Foundation offers help appealing medical charges at http://www.patientadvocate.org.
Medicare help: contact Medicare and advocacy organization California Health Advocates at cahealthadvocates.org and the consumer advocacy nonprofit Center for Health Care Rights in Los Angeles at lawhelpca.org
Zamosky writes about healthcare and health insurance.