Burned by Medicare
Joe
Description
Collection
Title:
Burned by Medicare
Creator:
Joe
Date:
3/8/2001
Text:
I ask all Medicare patients, have you ever been provided an orthosis or
prosthesis by any health care provider. If yes. I ask, what the date
was or who provided it, in what state. Been doing this since our
office got burned for a body jacket we provided when the patient got a
corset a few years prior by a different provider. Who knows what was
billed. Doctor ordered it but Medicare denied it. If the answers I
get are fuzzy, they sign. We should not have be policemen but we are. I
have even called doctors' offices to see if a device has been billed and
explain to them why I am doing this. When people know the system, and
they do not want to be responsible for their health care, they will lie.
Joe Harvey
prosthesis by any health care provider. If yes. I ask, what the date
was or who provided it, in what state. Been doing this since our
office got burned for a body jacket we provided when the patient got a
corset a few years prior by a different provider. Who knows what was
billed. Doctor ordered it but Medicare denied it. If the answers I
get are fuzzy, they sign. We should not have be policemen but we are. I
have even called doctors' offices to see if a device has been billed and
explain to them why I am doing this. When people know the system, and
they do not want to be responsible for their health care, they will lie.
Joe Harvey
Citation
Joe, “Burned by Medicare,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 6, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/216053.
