Medicare Support Group
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I JUST GOT THE BILL FOR A NEW BACK BRACE A MEDICAL REP AT MY PAIN MGT DOC SOLD/SENT TO ME...THEY BILLED MEDICARE $1000!!!!!
I AM SICK TO MY STOMACH! I JUST CALLED THE COMPANY AND DEMANDED IT BE RETURNED AND THAT MEDICARE BE REIMBURSED THE APPROVED $735 PAYMENT!
AS MOST OF YOU KNOW I WENT MONTHS AND MONTHS WITHOUT ANY KIND OF TREATMENT BECAUSE OF THE MEDICARE/MEDICAID MESS AND I WILL N O T BE PART OF THE PROBLEM IN GOOD CONSCIENCE
THE REP TRIED TO TELL ME IT IS A SPECIFIC "patented" DESIGN AND THAT MEDICARE AGREED TO THAT PAYMENT----WELL I DID NOT!!!!
IT IS MADE BY SOME 10 YEAR OLD CHILD IN CHINA (DON'T GET ME STARTED) FOR ONE DOLLAR!!!!!
I URGE YOU ALL TO REVIEW YOUR EXPLANATION OF BENEFITS (EOB's) FROM MEDICARE AND MAKE SURE YOU ARE BEING BILLED CORRECTLY...AND THE ITEMS/PROCEDURES ARE INDEED THINGS YOU HAD DONE.
I WORKED FOR DOCTORS IN THE PAST THAT TRIED TO BILL FOR PROCEDURES NOT PERFORMED-NEEDLESS TO SAY I QUIT---
AND WE WONDER WHY OUR "system" IS SUCH A FRIGGIN' MESS.
PS: THE REP FROM MY DOCTORS OFFICE WAS NOT AMUSED WHEN I TOLD HER I AM RETURNING THE ITEM...THERE GOES HER COMMISSION!!!!! I TOLD HER I WOULD BUY ONE AT WAL-MART FOR $50
I AM SICK TO MY STOMACH! I JUST CALLED THE COMPANY AND DEMANDED IT BE RETURNED AND THAT MEDICARE BE REIMBURSED THE APPROVED $735 PAYMENT!
AS MOST OF YOU KNOW I WENT MONTHS AND MONTHS WITHOUT ANY KIND OF TREATMENT BECAUSE OF THE MEDICARE/MEDICAID MESS AND I WILL N O T BE PART OF THE PROBLEM IN GOOD CONSCIENCE
THE REP TRIED TO TELL ME IT IS A SPECIFIC "patented" DESIGN AND THAT MEDICARE AGREED TO THAT PAYMENT----WELL I DID NOT!!!!
IT IS MADE BY SOME 10 YEAR OLD CHILD IN CHINA (DON'T GET ME STARTED) FOR ONE DOLLAR!!!!!
I URGE YOU ALL TO REVIEW YOUR EXPLANATION OF BENEFITS (EOB's) FROM MEDICARE AND MAKE SURE YOU ARE BEING BILLED CORRECTLY...AND THE ITEMS/PROCEDURES ARE INDEED THINGS YOU HAD DONE.
I WORKED FOR DOCTORS IN THE PAST THAT TRIED TO BILL FOR PROCEDURES NOT PERFORMED-NEEDLESS TO SAY I QUIT---
AND WE WONDER WHY OUR "system" IS SUCH A FRIGGIN' MESS.
PS: THE REP FROM MY DOCTORS OFFICE WAS NOT AMUSED WHEN I TOLD HER I AM RETURNING THE ITEM...THERE GOES HER COMMISSION!!!!! I TOLD HER I WOULD BUY ONE AT WAL-MART FOR $50
Where do you think Wal-mart gets theirs from?!!!
I do however salute you on your stand to the doctors office.
Wife had back surgery and brace given to her before surgery - got the bill for it AFTER surgery and they had charged $1400!!!
Call and they reduced charge to $250.