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Or … Just Accidentally Billing Dead Patients?
By Staff Reporters
Sixty-six New York state healthcare providers billed Medicaid for services provided to 287 patients they later admitted were “deceased at the time of service,” says the office of state Medicaid Inspector General James Sheehan.
Assessment
The inappropriate billings, which the providers attributed to clerical mistakes, totaled less than $1 million.
Now, read the entire New York Post article, complete with identifiers; and then page Dr. Frankenstein.
Link: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/rai_ing_the_dead_in_medicaid_rip_Ocmt6BxwUyL8WO3OwwmCVI
Conclusion
Industry Indignation Index: 24
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Filed under: "Doctors Only", Breaking News, Ethics, Health Insurance, Industry Indignation Index, Quality Initiatives | Tagged: Bellevue, James Sheehan., New York Medicaid |
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Now … it’s in Baltimore?
RE: Mark Midei MD and Quality Care at St. Joseph Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland
[More People Receive Letters]
In the continuing saga of the unnecessary cardiac stents that Dr. Mark Midei placed in people at St. Joseph Medical Center, St. Joseph now has sent letters to another 169 patients (in addition to the 369 who originally received letters) informing them that their stents were not necessary.
The total number of stent letters St. Joseph has sent now stands at 538.
2/26/10 – Maryland Delegate Calls For Investigation Into St. Joe’s Stents Case.
3/5/10 – St. Joseph Overhauling How It Reviews Cases .
3/5/10 – Supporters Rally Around FormerSt. Joseph Stent Doctor Midei.
More by Bob Wachter MD
http://www.thehealthcareblog.com/the_health_care_blog/2010/05/badness-in-baltimore-can-peer-review-catch-rogue-doctors-.html#comments
Dr. David Edward Marcinko; MBA
[Editor-in-Chief]
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Doctors … and Hospitals Still Not Patient [Consumer] Friendly
The American Customer Satisfaction Index has been reduced by five points, and it appears to be the fault of our nation’s hospitals.
http://www.smartmoney.com/Personal-Finance/Health-Care/patient-satisfaction-declines-at-hospitals/
Nevertheless, in response to the survey’s results, a spokesperson for the American Hospital Association said hospitals have made and continue to make “tremendous improvements” in the quality of care.
http://www.fiercehealthcare.com/story/hospital-satisfaction-takes-hit/2010-05-19
And, I respectfully disagree, but what about you?
http://www.hospitalimpact.org/index.php?s=anthony+cirillo&sentence=AND
Gretchen
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