Re: Medicare: Its Time to Start Following the Law Petition

Re: Medicare: Its Time to Start Following the Law Petition

Jeff Erenstone

10/10/2013

Hello All

Last week I posted information about the petition....
<URL Redacted>


A lot of you have signed it and I thank you for that. Some of you
have spread the word about it, once again... Thank You. We need a
lot of signatures to make this movement successful. If you haven't
forwarded information to your friends, family, colleagues, and
patients yet, please, please, please do it. Check out the petition

again, Change.org makes it very easy.

I know that some of you are very busy and haven't found the time to
sign or forgot to do it. No problem, we all have been there.... but it

only takes a couple of seconds and it could be hugely important for
our future.

But for those of you who have had the time and haven't signed yet. I
would like you to do some soul searching. If you are not part of the
solution, you are part of the problem. We need your help!!! I know
more people on this forum have complained about Medicare then have
signed it. In my mind, you lose your rights to complain if you don't

sign. Sorry to be blunt but we are at a crossroads and need all the
support we can get.

I know that our field is small and you may think that we can't affect
Washington. However, I don't think we have really tried a true
grassroots effort before. What we lack in numbers, we make up in the
fact that every one of our success stories could be pictured on an

inspirational poster. If you don't think that is power, than you are
crazy. We just haven't tried hard enough to use this power.

Best Regards

On Tue, Oct 1, 2013 at 8:04 AM, Jeff Erenstone < <Email Address Redacted> > wrote:
> Hello Fellow Orthotic and Prosthetic Providers,
>
> As everyone of you is aware, our industry is suffering from the
> results of unfair, poorly thought out regulations that are in great
> needs reform. Some of you may not know that CMS and the RAC auditors
> are not only treating us unfairly but are acting Illegally.
> By law, a Prosthetist is a Qualified Practitioners and by law
> Practitioner records are part of the Medical Record for justification
> purposes.
>
> The problem is that CMS has neglected the Law (BIPA, section 427) for
> nearly 13 years and still consider Prosthetists suppliers instead of
> practitioners. We need to draw attention to this fact, require that
> CMS change their recent Physician documentation requirements, and
> start treating Prosthetists like PT's and other Medical Practitioners.
>
> In the interest of forcing Medicare to follow the law, I have started
> a petition....
>
> <URL Redacted>
>
>
> Please sign this petition and spread the word about it. I have found
> that Patients and Doctors welcome my interest in this type of
> grassroots action. They see that you are working for them, and they
> start considering you part of the solution instead of part of the
> problem (They realize that it is not that our practices are requiring
> the extra paperwork, but medicare is currently forcing on us.)
>
> After signing I would recommend that you forward a link to the
> petition to everyone you know. I have also created a PDF that you can
> print off and handout to your patients....
>
> <URL Redacted>
>
> Please sign the petition, spread the word about it, and help fix the
> regulatory suffering that our field is experiencing.
>
> --
> Jeff Erenstone CPO
> Mountain O and P Services
> 7 Old Military Road
> Lake Placid NY 12946
>
> www.mountainoandp.com
>
> Phone (518) 523-2419
> Fax (518) 523-7192



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Jeff Erenstone CPO
Mountain O and P Services
7 Old Military Road
Lake Placid NY 12946

www.mountainoandp.com

Phone (518) 523-2419
Fax (518) 523-7192