Re: a, Steph, and docs who bill for non-visits...

[Guest guest]

a C. and Steph, When my late mother was first on kidney dialysis, her nephrologist was a

Dr. Shapiro who saw her one time in the dialysis center. His partner became her regular nephrologist

and he always saw her at the center, or at the hospital. When she got her insurance statement at

the end of the first quarter, Dr. Shapiro had billed them for two dozen office visits! Mother tried to

inform the insurance company, but they weren't even interested in knowing they had been defrauded. Isn't that weird? MM

[Guest guest]

That is nuts Mike. We are suspicious of Bridget's pt that comes here. He shows up sometimes twice in one week, never at the alloted time, then will no show for a week or so. I think that he is putting that he has come here, it would be real easy to do. We can't look to hard though as we had to wait for almost a year for them to get someone this far out and with her being in a wheel chair, if her legs don't get stretched right, they lock up in the bent position. Anyway, I spoke to him about his dependability today and he says he will work on it. Otherwise, we will have to go ahead and fire him at some point and just do our best till they find someone else for her.

a C

a C. and Steph, When my late mother was first on kidney dialysis, her nephrologist was a

Dr. Shapiro who saw her one time in the dialysis center. His partner became her regular nephrologist

and he always saw her at the center, or at the hospital. When she got her insurance statement at

the end of the first quarter, Dr. Shapiro had billed them for two dozen office visits! Mother tried to

inform the insurance company, but they weren't even interested in knowing they had been defrauded. Isn't that weird? MM