Re: And The Medicare Ripoff Survey SAYS.........
Tony Barr
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Re: And The Medicare Ripoff Survey SAYS.........
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Tony Barr
Date:
10/14/2006
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May I suggest we take a O&P listerve survey to assist Mr.Cartaya's dilemma,
described below, and see what some of his 'professional' colleagues would
suggest he might referto his patient to do, as possible recourse, for
receiving a improper fitting prosthesis by a ABC certified prosthetist.
He assured the wife of his patient that he would have her husband walking
and enjoying the activities he did before loosing his limb . He states the
patient is an easy case, long A/K good shape, motivated to walk everything
going for him to make it easier for me as the prosthetist.
Since there is no legal recourse to approach, as South Carolina providers
are not regulated - ethically, I ask the O&P subscribers which one of the
below might you suggest the patient do:
A) Contact the prosthetist whom made the leg to correct the problem and if
he does not ,contact the ABC /Professional Diplomacy Committee, since the
provider is ABC certified, and contact the physician that subscribed the
prosthesis and inform them both of the issue.
B) contact the insurance provider that paid for the ill fitting prosthesis
and the wheelchair inform them of the dilemma.
C) contact the State of South Carolina's Consumer Affairs Dept.,under the
Dept. of Agriculture, since this is the only dept. for formal complaint
in a unregulated state .
D) ALL OF THE ABOVE
E) Tell him not to say anything to anyone and hope he can still get coverage
to reimburse Cartaya for a making another but proper fitting
prosthesis.There are good and bad providers out there as in every other
health care profession, and he just got a bad one.
Answer ? You may suggest other directions than A-E but a no response will
count as a vote for E) toward the total number of subscribers !
-----Original Message-----
From: Orthotics and Prosthetics List [mailto:<Email Address Redacted>] On
Behalf Of Phillipe Cartaya CPO
Sent: Friday, October 13, 2006 8:45 PM
To: <Email Address Redacted>
Subject: [OANDP-L] Med rip off
The patient, whom I previously described on the listserve, barley goes out
of the house because of how the leg fits and how it looks when he walks, 10
months now.. He and his wife have an adopted 12 yr old and he cant even
enjoy doing the normal kind of outside things with his child that other
people do because of the ill fitting prosthesis .
His wife asked me today where do I think her husband is right now ?, I
answered w here? She said He is in the backyard in his ELECTRIC
WHEELCHAIR!.
He sits in an electric wheelchair with a $40,000.00 useless prostheses
inside. I thought what a powerful picture it would be if I took a picture of
him in his wheelchair with the hi - tech state of the art, most expensive,
futuristic, computerized energy storage shock absorbing prostheses standing
on the ground next to him.
I thought it might be interesting to ask other people to post what caption
put under the picture would have the most impact to them.
I assured the wife that I WOULD have her husband walking and enjoying the
activities he did before loosing his limb once I was done with him. He is an
easy case, long A/K good shape, motivated to walk everything going for him
to make it easier for me as the prosthetist. I told them not to worry
about any potential the rienbursment problems , if I could at least break
even Ill be happy.Phillipe Cartaya
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described below, and see what some of his 'professional' colleagues would
suggest he might referto his patient to do, as possible recourse, for
receiving a improper fitting prosthesis by a ABC certified prosthetist.
He assured the wife of his patient that he would have her husband walking
and enjoying the activities he did before loosing his limb . He states the
patient is an easy case, long A/K good shape, motivated to walk everything
going for him to make it easier for me as the prosthetist.
Since there is no legal recourse to approach, as South Carolina providers
are not regulated - ethically, I ask the O&P subscribers which one of the
below might you suggest the patient do:
A) Contact the prosthetist whom made the leg to correct the problem and if
he does not ,contact the ABC /Professional Diplomacy Committee, since the
provider is ABC certified, and contact the physician that subscribed the
prosthesis and inform them both of the issue.
B) contact the insurance provider that paid for the ill fitting prosthesis
and the wheelchair inform them of the dilemma.
C) contact the State of South Carolina's Consumer Affairs Dept.,under the
Dept. of Agriculture, since this is the only dept. for formal complaint
in a unregulated state .
D) ALL OF THE ABOVE
E) Tell him not to say anything to anyone and hope he can still get coverage
to reimburse Cartaya for a making another but proper fitting
prosthesis.There are good and bad providers out there as in every other
health care profession, and he just got a bad one.
Answer ? You may suggest other directions than A-E but a no response will
count as a vote for E) toward the total number of subscribers !
-----Original Message-----
From: Orthotics and Prosthetics List [mailto:<Email Address Redacted>] On
Behalf Of Phillipe Cartaya CPO
Sent: Friday, October 13, 2006 8:45 PM
To: <Email Address Redacted>
Subject: [OANDP-L] Med rip off
The patient, whom I previously described on the listserve, barley goes out
of the house because of how the leg fits and how it looks when he walks, 10
months now.. He and his wife have an adopted 12 yr old and he cant even
enjoy doing the normal kind of outside things with his child that other
people do because of the ill fitting prosthesis .
His wife asked me today where do I think her husband is right now ?, I
answered w here? She said He is in the backyard in his ELECTRIC
WHEELCHAIR!.
He sits in an electric wheelchair with a $40,000.00 useless prostheses
inside. I thought what a powerful picture it would be if I took a picture of
him in his wheelchair with the hi - tech state of the art, most expensive,
futuristic, computerized energy storage shock absorbing prostheses standing
on the ground next to him.
I thought it might be interesting to ask other people to post what caption
put under the picture would have the most impact to them.
I assured the wife that I WOULD have her husband walking and enjoying the
activities he did before loosing his limb once I was done with him. He is an
easy case, long A/K good shape, motivated to walk everything going for him
to make it easier for me as the prosthetist. I told them not to worry
about any potential the rienbursment problems , if I could at least break
even Ill be happy.Phillipe Cartaya
********************
To unsubscribe, send a message to: <Email Address Redacted> with
the words UNSUB OANDP-L in the body of the
message.
If you have a problem unsubscribing,or have other
questions, send e-mail to the moderator
Paul E. Prusakowski,CPO at <Email Address Redacted>
OANDP-L is a forum for the discussion of topics
related to Orthotics and Prosthetics.
Public commercial postings are forbidden. Responses to inquiries
should not be sent to the entire oandp-l list. Professional credentials
or affiliations should be used in all communications.
Citation
Tony Barr, “Re: And The Medicare Ripoff Survey SAYS.........,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 2, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/227375.
