Linkia and independents
Karl Entenmann
Description
Collection
Title:
Linkia and independents
Creator:
Karl Entenmann
Date:
9/17/2006
Text:
To my esteemed colleagues,
It's both interesting and rather frightening to read about national contracting exclusively with Linkia. Just the other day, I received notice from Great West that they are ending their contract with my company as of October 31, 2006. I have not called then yet to inquire, but I fear that Linkia may be involved.
As an independent provider of O and P, I wonder about the options. One that continues to bother me is why no one has proposed a class action lawsuit based on Hanger and Linkia forming a monopoly in this aspect of health care. I realize that Hanger pays more to lawyers than my meager company brings in per year and they have undoubtedly reasearched this, but if they do create a monopoly, I believe there are grounds for legal action.
Any smart lawyers out there interested? I'll sign up.
Karl Entenmann, CPO
Preferred O and P
Federal Way, WA
It's both interesting and rather frightening to read about national contracting exclusively with Linkia. Just the other day, I received notice from Great West that they are ending their contract with my company as of October 31, 2006. I have not called then yet to inquire, but I fear that Linkia may be involved.
As an independent provider of O and P, I wonder about the options. One that continues to bother me is why no one has proposed a class action lawsuit based on Hanger and Linkia forming a monopoly in this aspect of health care. I realize that Hanger pays more to lawyers than my meager company brings in per year and they have undoubtedly reasearched this, but if they do create a monopoly, I believe there are grounds for legal action.
Any smart lawyers out there interested? I'll sign up.
Karl Entenmann, CPO
Preferred O and P
Federal Way, WA
Citation
Karl Entenmann, “Linkia and independents,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 5, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/227270.
