Comments on: Delayed government reimbursements http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/12/delayed-government-reimbursements.html Tue, 14 Feb 2012 21:39:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: Anonymoushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/12/delayed-government-reimbursements.html#comment-82218 Anonymous Fri, 14 Dec 2007 21:52:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/12/delayed-government-reimbursements.html#comment-82218 I am dropping Medicaid at the end of this year, for the same reasons. I can now join the majority (great majority, actually) of my colleagues who have already done the same.<br/><br/>Medicaid is in many places a scam perpetrated on both the public and on the participating doctors. It takes money in taxes paid by working citizens and promises a certain level of care to those ruled "eligible" that it does not really provide, because it does not really pay in an amount or with a reliability that most doctors can accept. I am dropping Medicaid at the end of this year, for the same reasons. I can now join the majority (great majority, actually) of my colleagues who have already done the same.

Medicaid is in many places a scam perpetrated on both the public and on the participating doctors. It takes money in taxes paid by working citizens and promises a certain level of care to those ruled “eligible” that it does not really provide, because it does not really pay in an amount or with a reliability that most doctors can accept.

]]> By: Anonymoushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/12/delayed-government-reimbursements.html#comment-82199 Anonymous Fri, 14 Dec 2007 06:44:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/12/delayed-government-reimbursements.html#comment-82199 It is time for us to simply separate ourselves from insurance contracting as a means of reimbursement. Set your price and accept insurance only up to the amount it pays and when it pays. Don't accept payment in arrears. Have the insurance company pay the patient directly or you may refund the patient when you receive payment from the insurance company. Accept cash, checks, or credit cards as the only acceptable means of payment, and make payment due at the time of service. You are not a bank and should not be lending money interest free to insurance companies or the federal government. It is time for us to simply separate ourselves from insurance contracting as a means of reimbursement. Set your price and accept insurance only up to the amount it pays and when it pays. Don’t accept payment in arrears. Have the insurance company pay the patient directly or you may refund the patient when you receive payment from the insurance company. Accept cash, checks, or credit cards as the only acceptable means of payment, and make payment due at the time of service. You are not a bank and should not be lending money interest free to insurance companies or the federal government.

]]> By: Conciergedochttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/12/delayed-government-reimbursements.html#comment-82195 Conciergedoc Fri, 14 Dec 2007 03:28:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/12/delayed-government-reimbursements.html#comment-82195 Aetna goes furthur by lying to it's providers what is owed to them, despite fee schedules. PA Medical Society just found out. Aetna goes furthur by lying to it’s providers what is owed to them, despite fee schedules. PA Medical Society just found out.

]]> By: Anonymoushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/12/delayed-government-reimbursements.html#comment-82182 Anonymous Thu, 13 Dec 2007 21:34:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/12/delayed-government-reimbursements.html#comment-82182 I know that guy. I worked with him. He's a weird guy. Small world reading about him. I know that guy. I worked with him. He’s a weird guy. Small world reading about him.

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