Re: Medicare Legislation
Gingras, Ron -Dir O/P
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Title:
Re: Medicare Legislation
Creator:
Gingras, Ron -Dir O/P
Date:
12/27/2000
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Gee thats wonderful ! and how much education and training does it take to
become a qualified provider ? You guessed it , one week. That will surely
keep those abusers out and protect the public or is it the public we are
trying to protect? Typical AOPA planning.
Ron
> -----Original Message-----
> From: <Email Address Redacted> [SMTP: <Email Address Redacted> ]
> Sent: Friday, December 22, 2000 11:27 AM
> To: <Email Address Redacted>
> Subject: [OANDP-L] Medicare Legislation
>
> One aspect of the new Qualified Provider legislation that has not been
> mentioned, much less recognized by the whiners out there, is that for
> several
> years running, the President's proposed budget slashed O & P
> reimbursement.
> AOPA was able to convince Congress to not go along with such slashes to
> the
> Medicare O & P reimbursement rates by demonstrating the savings that this
> legislation could bring by getting the bad players out of the Medicare O &
> P
> business. The bill is not a protect your turf bill for all you whiners
> who
> can't deal with competent competition. PT's, OT's, BOC are not going
> away.
> You're gonna have to be better than they are. However, the department
> stores,
> the OB/GYN's, the DME players, pharmacists, etc, who have been reimbursed
> by
> HCFA, as shown by HCFA's own data, will go away. Fraud and abuse,
> upcoding, and
> other deceitful practices by those who could not possibly provide custom O
> & P
> will diminish, saving the government lots of Medicare dollars and thereby
> saving
> all practices (even non-AOPA member practices) from the heavy handed cuts
> that
> others have seen in past years (oxygen and other DME providers took a 40%
> cut a
> few years back) and from the threat of future President's budget cuts.
>
> Put your energy into OPLAN, O & P PAC, and the Policy Forum instead of
> constantly criticizing efforts made on your behalf. When is the last time
> you
> as a practitioner or business owner spoke personally with you Congress
> person?
>
>
> Michael Schuch, CPO, FAAOP
> Immediate Past-President, AOPA
>
>
become a qualified provider ? You guessed it , one week. That will surely
keep those abusers out and protect the public or is it the public we are
trying to protect? Typical AOPA planning.
Ron
> -----Original Message-----
> From: <Email Address Redacted> [SMTP: <Email Address Redacted> ]
> Sent: Friday, December 22, 2000 11:27 AM
> To: <Email Address Redacted>
> Subject: [OANDP-L] Medicare Legislation
>
> One aspect of the new Qualified Provider legislation that has not been
> mentioned, much less recognized by the whiners out there, is that for
> several
> years running, the President's proposed budget slashed O & P
> reimbursement.
> AOPA was able to convince Congress to not go along with such slashes to
> the
> Medicare O & P reimbursement rates by demonstrating the savings that this
> legislation could bring by getting the bad players out of the Medicare O &
> P
> business. The bill is not a protect your turf bill for all you whiners
> who
> can't deal with competent competition. PT's, OT's, BOC are not going
> away.
> You're gonna have to be better than they are. However, the department
> stores,
> the OB/GYN's, the DME players, pharmacists, etc, who have been reimbursed
> by
> HCFA, as shown by HCFA's own data, will go away. Fraud and abuse,
> upcoding, and
> other deceitful practices by those who could not possibly provide custom O
> & P
> will diminish, saving the government lots of Medicare dollars and thereby
> saving
> all practices (even non-AOPA member practices) from the heavy handed cuts
> that
> others have seen in past years (oxygen and other DME providers took a 40%
> cut a
> few years back) and from the threat of future President's budget cuts.
>
> Put your energy into OPLAN, O & P PAC, and the Policy Forum instead of
> constantly criticizing efforts made on your behalf. When is the last time
> you
> as a practitioner or business owner spoke personally with you Congress
> person?
>
>
> Michael Schuch, CPO, FAAOP
> Immediate Past-President, AOPA
>
>
Citation
Gingras, Ron -Dir O/P, “Re: Medicare Legislation,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 9, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/215507.
