Re: continuation:

Re: continuation:

Ferhan Maher

1/16/2003

not only is it 205 dollars
it only last 2 months and medicare only allow 2 a year
so what happens when they need the third or fourth eat
the cost my as#

--- Lebbad < <Email Address Redacted> > wrote:
> Justin, You do make quite a few good points! Problem
> is no one wants to
> Give in. Our peers have had rough times and giving
> up any revenue, even
> though for years those revenues have bordered on
> obscene, is hard to
> swallow.
>
> I will give you something else to add to this
> equation however. I have been
> shown that Silicone liners, (Alphas, Silipose etc)
> cost between $25.00 &
> $40.00 each to manufacture. My lowest cost on any is
> $205.00 each!
>
> Who is going to give in first!
>
> L.Vincent Lebbad RTP
> Owner Tech-Master CF
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Justin Foster < <Email Address Redacted> >
> To: < <Email Address Redacted> >
> Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2003 11:46 PM
> Subject: [OANDP-L] continuation:
>
>
> > OK, one more try...
> >
> > This is not about hurting our own pocketbooks, or
> taking money away from
> our
> > families, or being a poor businessman. I think
> that reducing overhead, and
> > subsequently reducing O&P payments is a good
> goal...
> >
> > If, as so many have pointed out to me, the reason
> we have to charge $3500
> is
> > to keep the $1500 item on the shelf while we make
> the prosthesis, and so
> the
> > user can wear it for 90 more days until we get
> paid... then how about
> having
> > the person wear a demo or used foot until we get
> paid, then order the foot
> > and fit it. We can then reduce the reimbursement
> because we haven't had to
> > prepay by 90-120 days on the foot.... even saving
> a few hundred dollars
> is
> > GREAT!!! That money only went to pay for the foot
> in advance, and served
> no
> > other purpose but to cover us on the next guy's
> foot. That is the waste I
> am
> > talking about, and trying to find a way to
> eliminate. Additionally, that
> is
> > just the foot of the iceberg if you will...
> repeating this process on
> all
> > modular componentry might save us and our patients
> (through the
> > corresponding copay reduction) even a little bit
> of money, while still
> > providing the manufacturers with the incentive to
> develop new technologies
> > (as their prices would remain similar).
> >
> > We are going to have to cut costs at some point,
> shouldn't we at least
> > attempt to be proactive and dictate our own
> future?
> >
> > Don't tell me I am stupid, or childish, or that
> this is not a
> chat-room...
> > tell me I am wrong, and why, and give us all your
> ideas so we can run them
> > through. It is time to brainstorm, not to
> browbeat each other into
> silence.
> > Idealism is what keeps me going in a strange
> world.
> >
> > Justin Foster
> > Prosthetic Resident
> > Unemployed?!?
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
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