Re: denied medical services due to having medicaid as...

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In a message dated 4/10/2008 5:24:17 PM Central Daylight Time,

amandajchapman@... writes:

i think at this point, i would call the medicaid office and ask them why a

doctor (you don't have to say the name) would refuse you (your child) as a

patient because you (your child) has medicaid as a secondary insurance. there

may be more than meets the eye here.

Having worked in a physician's office previously, I can tell you that unless

they are providers of Medicaid, they will not accept Medicaid patients.

Medicaid claims have to be filed electronically and if they are not set up for

it, and have a provider number, they cannot do that. So perhaps it is just

office policy that they accept no Medicaid patients regardless if it is primary

or secondary insurance.

Hilda

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