Re: Burned by Medicare policy again?
Pete Abbott CP
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Re: Burned by Medicare policy again?
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Pete Abbott CP
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Does anybody have any suggestions on this matter? An A/K patient of mine for
years kept getting phone calls and mailings to come to the biggest and best
in a major city some 125 miles away. He went and they made an I.C. socket
with the name of some famous prosthetist attached to it. The prosthesis did
not fit. He went back over 25 times Over a year period. They then made
another prosthesis and it to did not fit. He then came back to me but we had
to let him heal, since he had a full thickness ulcer at the I.T. I supplied a
new prosthesis that he has been wearing successfully for 1 year. It turns out
Medicare paid for the 1st and 2nd prosthesis that did not fit, but will not
pay me for the one he is still wearing today. I cannot go get my prosthesis
back and I am out many thousands of dollars. By the way, my prosthesis was
$10,000 dollars cheaper than the last one made by the famous guy.
We have gone through all the hearings and appeals, now we are filing a case
against Medicare.
Has anyone else had similar experience??
years kept getting phone calls and mailings to come to the biggest and best
in a major city some 125 miles away. He went and they made an I.C. socket
with the name of some famous prosthetist attached to it. The prosthesis did
not fit. He went back over 25 times Over a year period. They then made
another prosthesis and it to did not fit. He then came back to me but we had
to let him heal, since he had a full thickness ulcer at the I.T. I supplied a
new prosthesis that he has been wearing successfully for 1 year. It turns out
Medicare paid for the 1st and 2nd prosthesis that did not fit, but will not
pay me for the one he is still wearing today. I cannot go get my prosthesis
back and I am out many thousands of dollars. By the way, my prosthesis was
$10,000 dollars cheaper than the last one made by the famous guy.
We have gone through all the hearings and appeals, now we are filing a case
against Medicare.
Has anyone else had similar experience??
Citation
Pete Abbott CP, “Re: Burned by Medicare policy again?,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 6, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/216054.
