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Obamacare and Dentistry
[By D. Kellus Pruitt DDS]
It seems that problems with the PP-ACA have migrated from traditional medicine to the world of dentistry.
“MaineCare dentists hit with massive fines for minor clerical errors, they say – Some clinics face more than $200,000 in penalties under a new audit system that threatens to wipe out services for kids.”
-Joe Lawlor [Staff writer] Portland Press Herald [November 6, 2013]
“The new system gives auditors, who work for a private contractor, financial incentives to find small errors by paying them more for each mistake they discover.” Maine adopted the auditing system to comply with the federal Affordable Care Act, otherwise known as Obamacare.
Lawlor continues: “The audits are intended to root out fraud and abuse, but dentists told the Portland Press Herald that auditors are finding typographical or clerical errors that do not compromise patients’ care or defraud the government.”
A Clawback?
Dr. Michael Dowling, co-owner of Falmouth Pediatric Dentistry, tells the Herald, “This is not finding fraud and abuse. This is a clawback. They (state officials) are trying to take back money that we billed them legitimately.”
Still want to help the poor so much that you are willing to take your chances with the ACA auditing system, Doc?
Dentists facing bankruptcy
According to Lawlor, some dentists are actually facing bankruptcy because of ridiculously expensive fines over minor errors. Other Maine dentists who are otherwise willing to work for charity-level fees in order to help children who have nowhere else to turn, are dropping out of MaineCare. President Obama’s plan to use outrageous fines to fund the state and federal coffers, as well as the bonuses of ambitious auditors, is destined to fail.
How can the Affordable Care Act [PP-ACA] possibly make care more affordable for children with toothaches, if it runs off all the dentists?
Assessment
Is it beginning to look to you like Obamacare might have been designed to serve the interests of unaccountable healthcare stakeholders rather than the interests of doctors and patients – the healthcare principals? Why do we put up with this crap, Doc?
Conclusion
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