Guest guest Posted July 20, 1998 Report Share Posted July 20, 1998 Interesting! My family is grown and gone, and I've enjoyed 29 years of treating patients and trying to figure out what the heck is going to happen next, so now I enjoy observing, analyzing, and discussing what's going on in this neat industry of ours. My main concern now is for the future of those outstanding clinical geniuses which we are producing. It concerns me that they are truely outstanding clinically and scientifically, but are babes in a forest full of predators when it comes to political and economic issues. So, let's see... " It's designed to stop agencies from providing for services not medically necessary or billing for services not performed, " said HCFA spokesman Peacock. " Scrupulous agencies should not be harmed. " " Under the Interim Payment System, a part of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, Medicare reimbursement rates to home health agencies are returned to their February 1994 levels, the last time HCFA audited cost reports. " I wonder how your local phone company, grocery store, of Ford dealer would respond to that kind of comment if we went to obtain goods or services there and offered this reason why we are only going to pay the 1994 price. I doubt that insinuating that they are " unscrupulous " would work very well. Or ...should the health care mess be solved on the backs of the providers, the working clinicians and the patients? ---- Read this list on the Web at http://www.FindMail.com/list/ptmanager/ To unsubscribe, email to ptmanager-unsubscribe@... To subscribe, email to ptmanager-subscribe@... -- Start a FREE E-Mail List at http://makelist.com ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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