Re: Responses to Medicaid & C-Leg
Dan Snelson
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Title:
Re: Responses to Medicaid & C-Leg
Creator:
Dan Snelson
Date:
4/7/2002
Text:
Karen,
You need to look at the LAW regarding Medicaid. It is VERY specific, the
LEAST expensive device to solve the problem. And quite frankly fitting a C
leg to a Medicaid patient is like giving them a Porsche because they need
transportation.
Dan Snelson, CPO, FAAOP
----- Original Message -----
From: Karen Lynch Co/Beprosthetist < <Email Address Redacted> >
To: < <Email Address Redacted> >
Sent: Sunday, April 07, 2002 8:03 PM
Subject: Re: [OANDP-L] Responses to Medicaid & C-Leg
> I think it's unethical for a practitioner to discriminate
> against a patient based on the fact that he or she is on
> Medicaid. Furthermore, I think that by doing so you would be
> putting your own financial interests (no increase in tax money
> out of your pocket) above the medical interest of the patient-
> which I believe is in direct violation of the Canon of Ethics.
> If some of you out there have an issue with the expense of
> the C-leg, then you should have issue with that for ALL third
> party payors, not just for those who are unfortunate enough to
> be on Medicaid. (Besides, you don't want YOUR health insurance
> bill to go up any more than YOUR taxes - or do you just like to
> pick on poor people?)
> We should be working together to assure that every patient
> gets the best treatment possible and that we get paid for
> providing that treatment - not slamming a portion of our patient
> population.
> -Karen Lynch, CPO
>
>
You need to look at the LAW regarding Medicaid. It is VERY specific, the
LEAST expensive device to solve the problem. And quite frankly fitting a C
leg to a Medicaid patient is like giving them a Porsche because they need
transportation.
Dan Snelson, CPO, FAAOP
----- Original Message -----
From: Karen Lynch Co/Beprosthetist < <Email Address Redacted> >
To: < <Email Address Redacted> >
Sent: Sunday, April 07, 2002 8:03 PM
Subject: Re: [OANDP-L] Responses to Medicaid & C-Leg
> I think it's unethical for a practitioner to discriminate
> against a patient based on the fact that he or she is on
> Medicaid. Furthermore, I think that by doing so you would be
> putting your own financial interests (no increase in tax money
> out of your pocket) above the medical interest of the patient-
> which I believe is in direct violation of the Canon of Ethics.
> If some of you out there have an issue with the expense of
> the C-leg, then you should have issue with that for ALL third
> party payors, not just for those who are unfortunate enough to
> be on Medicaid. (Besides, you don't want YOUR health insurance
> bill to go up any more than YOUR taxes - or do you just like to
> pick on poor people?)
> We should be working together to assure that every patient
> gets the best treatment possible and that we get paid for
> providing that treatment - not slamming a portion of our patient
> population.
> -Karen Lynch, CPO
>
>
Citation
Dan Snelson, “Re: Responses to Medicaid & C-Leg,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 7, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/218917.
