Beware!

Rick

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Title:

Beware!

Creator:

Rick

Date:

7/25/2019

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Ok list,  here's a good one for you & please beware!
Provided a transtibial prosthesis to a Medicare beneficiary. Got paid for all procedure codes for said prosthesis & supplies except for a miscellaneous code (which was explained, Dr documented & medically necessary).  Appealed the denial of payment for the miscellaneous code.  Received a notice shortly thereafter that the entire device was provided fraudulently & a request for partial refunds for most of the codes, but not full amounts & not all codes(!?).  On the phone, no one could figure out what was going on & no one could explain.  Finally, someone tells us:  That's our policy now; when you appeal a denied code, we want all payments back so we can review the entire claim.      Let that sink in.
Not ok, but then why are only partial repayments requested & what do we do now?  My office manager was told to repay everything that is requested in writing & to expect more requests.
Seriously!???  Are we now being penalized for appealing their decisions &/or clerical errors????!
This system is becoming more & more broken.
Rick Milen, CPO/LPennsylvania

                          

Citation

Rick, “Beware!,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 23, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/209530.