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Kimberley Barreda

5/10/1999

maybe you would like to visit my amp site to see what I have to say about
practitioners

I am not anti all of them, just the hacks and the egos

I have no chip, I am simply stating my position and that of many amps (no
matter how many of you would wish that were different) who are not prepared
to take the onslaught of hostility that the industry heaps onto any amputee
who dares to speak out.

Are you sure you didn't mean castrated?

You can take all the offense you like at my remarks.

As for the laughing out loud, well, I am very aware of the billing
procedures (and rates) of the prosthetic industry and have made the pricing
available to anyone who wants it which many do as evidenced by the
popularity of the L-codes page on my site.

as for no money - lets talk about kickbacks - hmmmmm - anyone want to
explain that one? I can refresh your memories in case any of you are not
familiar with it -

O and P Almanac, March issue

The headline reads Why should I recommend Cirrus to my patients?

and the answer is...... a $150 kickback to the prosthetist.

EXACTLY who wins from that? The amputee? Not hardly. Unless of course,
and now it's my turn to laugh, the prosthetist shared that kickback with
the amputee. Or maybe even knocked that off the bill? Excuse me while I
reattach my a$$, I seem to have laughed it off.


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On 5/10/99, at 5:43 PM, Frank DeLucia wrote:

>I sincerely think Ms. Kim Consumer should consider a visit to one of her
>preferred health care providers to have that huge chip on her
>shoulder--do I dare say amputated?? Making a blanket statement which
>condemns everyone involved in prosthetics and orthotics is a bit
>irrational, wouldn't you say?? Not unlike Kim's condemnation of those
>who criticized her website without having exposed themselves to it....
>
>As far as the statement regarding the practitioners' supposed self
>interest in getting more money for ourselves at your expense--pardon
>me while I let out a resounding heap of laughter. You obviously are
>another totally misinformed consumer who really hasn't got a clue
>about the struggle that occurs on a daily basis in O & P labs to try to
>obtain even moderate, never mind extravagant or even reasonable,
>compensation for the work we do. I take offense to your remarks and am
>sorry for the obvious hostility you are carrying around. It may be that
>your attitude is making it extremely difficult for someone to work with
>you to provide you with the quality and care you not only desire but
>deserve as a paying consumer.

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Kimberley Barreda
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