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Post by Swimmy on Jan 27, 2008 8:58:45 GMT -5
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Post by Clipper on Jan 27, 2008 12:48:45 GMT -5
Medicare fraud is widespread and disgusting. My dad is in a nursing home here in Tn.
When the doctor stops by on regular rounds or to visit patients, there is a charge of 70 to 90 dollars for his "visit" or "call". You take that and mulitply the number of people he visits in a 200 bed home, and the profit from his brief visits is phenominal.
In the case of my father, who has congestive heart failure, he listens to his heart, looks at his ankles to see if they are swollen, asks him how he feels and he is on his way to the next patient.
I realize that he paid alot for his education and his expertise is valuable, but I find that the charge for his nursing home calls is a little exhorbitant, don't you?
It seems acceptable to the insurance carriers though. I get the statements in the mail showing what was charged and what was paid. The doc gets 70 or 74 bucks from the insurance that contracts for medicare.
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Post by frankcor on Jan 27, 2008 14:55:17 GMT -5
Fraud is an unexpected consequence of entitlement programs. If you dangle free money, people are going take it. But it still astounds me when I read about institutional fraud within an organization like a hospital.
What were they thinking!?
If your boss told you to steal, would you steal?
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Post by Swimmy on Jan 27, 2008 16:55:07 GMT -5
Clip, sorry if my initial response appeared light hearted. I too find it equally disgusting that such fraud goes on like this. I simply was implying that it does not pay and sooner or later the feds will catch up, whether through whistle blowers (as in this case) or through its own investigations.
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