Medicaid funded O and P in Georgia may be headed down the tubes
David Puckett
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Title:
Medicaid funded O and P in Georgia may be headed down the tubes
Creator:
David Puckett
Date:
1/31/2005
Text:
I applaud Mark Kaufman's letter about the efforts of Rusty Kidd in helping us here in Georgia keep O and P within the Medicaid budget. With his help and others we were able to keep O and P in the 2004 budget. Can we do it again in 2005? That is solely up to the Practitioners in Georgia, their lobbying efforts...within the next month and a half and the donated dollars to fund Rusty Kidd again.
What I see as paramount, however, in the fight is the Practitioner involvement. I, personally spent over $1,000 last year in air fare and additional costs to help keep it alive. I tried to spark a wave in Savannah to help with this effort, (I couldn't get the competition to see the importance of this campaign, however.) I met with over 10 Congressmen and Senators and solicited a lot of patient involvement--- letter writing, photos and video. I went to Atlanta and spent four separate business days lobbying these elected officials. We all need to work together and look beyond competition's boundaries. We will all lose...not just the little companies!!! I am a small company that helps and services the little guy- the Medicaid patient. We need to care for these patients and what they are about to lose.
Send in your money, yes, but call and visit your elected officials. Don't count on your O and P organizations to save your business, either. It is not to their financial interest.
We all, together, won last year! Can we do it again? Not without a lot more involvement this go around. For more info. about this call Mark Kaufman, the GSOP board or anyone who has been there...done that.
David Puckett, CPO
What I see as paramount, however, in the fight is the Practitioner involvement. I, personally spent over $1,000 last year in air fare and additional costs to help keep it alive. I tried to spark a wave in Savannah to help with this effort, (I couldn't get the competition to see the importance of this campaign, however.) I met with over 10 Congressmen and Senators and solicited a lot of patient involvement--- letter writing, photos and video. I went to Atlanta and spent four separate business days lobbying these elected officials. We all need to work together and look beyond competition's boundaries. We will all lose...not just the little companies!!! I am a small company that helps and services the little guy- the Medicaid patient. We need to care for these patients and what they are about to lose.
Send in your money, yes, but call and visit your elected officials. Don't count on your O and P organizations to save your business, either. It is not to their financial interest.
We all, together, won last year! Can we do it again? Not without a lot more involvement this go around. For more info. about this call Mark Kaufman, the GSOP board or anyone who has been there...done that.
David Puckett, CPO
Citation
David Puckett, “Medicaid funded O and P in Georgia may be headed down the tubes,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 25, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/224330.
