Re: [QUAD-L] Medicare fraud is blatant but is not being stopped

] To: quad-list@eskimo.com Sent: Monday, June 30, 2008 8:18:07 PM Subject: [QUAD-L] Medicare fraud is blatant but is not being stopped Todd ... here I will get to what I found out is happening more and more AND in one doctor's office in particular (further below my first-hand experience which I

Re: [QUAD-L] Medicare fraud is blatant but is not being stopped

- Original Message - From: Lori Michaelson To: quad-list@eskimo.com Sent: Monday, June 30, 2008 8:18 PM Subject: [QUAD-L] Medicare fraud is blatant but is not being stopped Dear list, My name is Sharon, I had to respond to Lori's mail on fraud! About 5 years ago I had a roll

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: Tuesday, July 01, 2008 6:03 PM Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Medicare fraud is blatant but is not being stopped can sum 1 sum this up? Eric W Rudd [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [QUAD-L] Medicare fraud is blatant but is not being stopped

yep lol thnx Eric W Rudd [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: Tod E. Santee To: Eric W Rudd ; quad-list@eskimo.com Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2008 10:13 AM Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Medicare fraud is blatant but is not being stopped Yep... something's wrong and we

Re: [QUAD-L] Medicare fraud is blatant but is not being stopped

) Sent: Monday, June 30, 2008 8:18 PM Subject: [QUAD-L] Medicare fraud is blatant but is not being stopped Dear list, My name is Sharon, I had to respond to Lori's mail on fraud! About 5 years ago I had a roll in shower put in my home to assist me in being more independent!!! by a state

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What gets me is they (the hospitals) exaggerate their bills so they can get at least a modicum of payment from Medicare and other insurance companies. I understand they're trying to cover their costs, but when someone comes in and is trying to pay for their own care because they can't afford

Re: [QUAD-L] Medicare fraud is blatant but is not being stopped

Be fortunate and count your blessings then that your sweet patootie sounds like it is covered 100%. :-) My outpatient stay for bladder-stone removal surgery cost me a little under $500 I think it was. I asked my husband yesterday if he remembered. That is, after all was said and done since the

Re: [QUAD-L] Medicare fraud is blatant but is not being stopped

Subject: [QUAD-L] Medicare fraud is blatant but is not being stopped Todd ... here I will get to what I found out is happening more and more AND in one doctor's office in particular (further below my first-hand experience which I talk about first) regarding Medicare fraud or theft. Same

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Well, you'll be more flabbergasted to hear that it's the opposite in FL. I spent 8 hours in the ER on a Sunday last month due to a UTI. I saw 2 doctors, had one CT scan, was administered 2 pain meds and 1 antibiotic (100mL Levaquin) by IV. Here is the Medicare statement I received.

Re: [QUAD-L] Medicare fraud is blatant but is not being stopped

Is there a state system like Medicaid or other state-operated federal program that helps cover costs? In AZ there is the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (which is anything but) that substitutes for Medicaid. Many times 70% or so is covered by the state with the remainder going to

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Yes. I have FL Medicaid, too, but it pays nothing. In a message dated 7/1/2008 12:10:38 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Is there a state system like Medicaid or other state-operated federal program that helps cover costs? Bill aka Ding Don't get your knickers

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Perhaps I came across wrong somewhere in my previous e-mail but your hospital's itemized list below it that is what I would expect. I spent three hours in the emergency room last August because my home health nurse was not able to get my catheter in. Incompetence. The first time in 28 and half

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It is still up in the air as Medicaid has not said what they'll pay. A CT scan was justified because of my history of kidney (in the kidney) stones. In a message dated 7/1/2008 4:37:19 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: What was the bottom line for you as to how much

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I thought I would mention it again that you are not responsible for anything more than what CMS says that you are responsible for. It usually takes quite some time to receive your CMS statement. But if you have other insurance than it is going to be different. Also, Levaquin is one of the more

Re: [QUAD-L] Medicare fraud is blatant but is not being stopped

- Original Message From: Lori Michaelson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: quad-list@eskimo.com Sent: Monday, June 30, 2008 8:18:07 PM Subject: [QUAD-L] Medicare fraud is blatant but is not being stopped Todd ... here I will get to what I found out is happening more and more AND in one doctor's office

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Well, in Florida it's illegal to bill a Medicare or Medicaid recipient for any amount if Medicare or Medicaid paid any amount. Chalk one up for FL. In a message dated 7/1/2008 5:01:36 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I thought I would mention it again that you are

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In a message dated 7/1/2008 8:03:09 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Perhaps you mean that they pay 'close to nothing'? I meant NOTHING. If you have Medicare, Medicaid will reimburse 79% of a bill, BUT since Medicare has already paid 80% Medicaid refuses to pay

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can sum 1 sum this up? Eric W Rudd [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[QUAD-L] Medicare fraud is blatant but is not being stopped

Todd ... here I will get to what I found out is happening more and more AND in one doctor's office in particular (further below my first-hand experience which I talk about first) regarding Medicare fraud or theft. Same difference. I know long e-mails are laborious to read but I hope that many of