New Format
Justin Foster
Description
Collection
Title:
New Format
Creator:
Justin Foster
Date:
9/23/2002
Text:
Dear List,
I have been advised to ask questions, rather than make statements. This is
fair, as I am young and have little to no knowledge base to make such
statements... so in the interest of furthering my day of career suicide:
What does one do when presented with a (o&p) patient who has no health
insurance?
Is it true that Medicare would pay for just about anything prosthetically in
the past? Before the 5 year rule?
Does anyone feel OK about up-charging when possible to cover contracts and
other loss-work?
Should patients pay anything for medical services? For o&p services?
Is it true that in Canada, patients must qualify for certain types of o&p
care? What are the criteria? Do they pay any out-of-pocket?
Our Gov't appears to have made rules about who can have certain items, based
on what Medicare will and will not cover... is the Gov't guilty of denying
basic need to patients?
Is filling a basic need enough to consider the job done?
How can insurance afford to pay for people's services? Someone paying
$300/month for 30yrs = 108,000 in premiums... if they become a BK amputee,
the surgery and hospital and pharm. costs likely eat up lots of that. Can
this be right? Where does the $$$ come from???
And finally, (for today - my brain hurts) is there a level of restorative
function that could be agreed upon as adequate?
Thanks everyone. I hope this is interesting for at least someone, and I
really hope everyone's toes are healing from this morning! A wise person
told me to get back to work, I think I'll do just that... Thanks again for
everyone's time!
Justin Foster
Prosthetic Resident
CIRS - Stanford
_________________________________________________________________
MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos:
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I have been advised to ask questions, rather than make statements. This is
fair, as I am young and have little to no knowledge base to make such
statements... so in the interest of furthering my day of career suicide:
What does one do when presented with a (o&p) patient who has no health
insurance?
Is it true that Medicare would pay for just about anything prosthetically in
the past? Before the 5 year rule?
Does anyone feel OK about up-charging when possible to cover contracts and
other loss-work?
Should patients pay anything for medical services? For o&p services?
Is it true that in Canada, patients must qualify for certain types of o&p
care? What are the criteria? Do they pay any out-of-pocket?
Our Gov't appears to have made rules about who can have certain items, based
on what Medicare will and will not cover... is the Gov't guilty of denying
basic need to patients?
Is filling a basic need enough to consider the job done?
How can insurance afford to pay for people's services? Someone paying
$300/month for 30yrs = 108,000 in premiums... if they become a BK amputee,
the surgery and hospital and pharm. costs likely eat up lots of that. Can
this be right? Where does the $$$ come from???
And finally, (for today - my brain hurts) is there a level of restorative
function that could be agreed upon as adequate?
Thanks everyone. I hope this is interesting for at least someone, and I
really hope everyone's toes are healing from this morning! A wise person
told me to get back to work, I think I'll do just that... Thanks again for
everyone's time!
Justin Foster
Prosthetic Resident
CIRS - Stanford
_________________________________________________________________
MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos:
<URL Redacted>
Citation
Justin Foster, “New Format,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 2, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/219656.
