Comments on: A lawyer on Medicare error P4P http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/09/lawyer-on-medicare-error-p4p.html Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:18:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: Matthttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/09/lawyer-on-medicare-error-p4p.html#comment-79802 Matt Wed, 05 Sep 2007 01:56:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/09/a-lawyer-on-medicare-error-p4p.html#comment-79802 Only those who sign contracts that allow it to. Only those who sign contracts that allow it to.

]]> By: Josehttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/09/lawyer-on-medicare-error-p4p.html#comment-79799 Jose Wed, 05 Sep 2007 01:47:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/09/a-lawyer-on-medicare-error-p4p.html#comment-79799 If one income stream is decreased by Medicare reimbursements, another will be increased to maintain revenue. The patient for whom Medicare is refusing payment will not pay the difference, but it will be passed onto others in the form of increased labs costs, room fees, etc. <br/><br/>Can the government tell a business what prices to set for services? If one income stream is decreased by Medicare reimbursements, another will be increased to maintain revenue. The patient for whom Medicare is refusing payment will not pay the difference, but it will be passed onto others in the form of increased labs costs, room fees, etc.

Can the government tell a business what prices to set for services?

]]> By: Michael Rack, MDhttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/09/lawyer-on-medicare-error-p4p.html#comment-79779 Michael Rack, MD Tue, 04 Sep 2007 03:15:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/09/a-lawyer-on-medicare-error-p4p.html#comment-79779 The person who wrote that article is clueless. <br/>Hospitals will not be allowed to sue/balance bill patients for what Medicare refuses to pay. The person who wrote that article is clueless.
Hospitals will not be allowed to sue/balance bill patients for what Medicare refuses to pay.

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