Medicare storefronts Along a corridor in the mall, CNBC found a young woman sitting alone at a desk in a small glass-enclosed store called United Med Supply Market Inc. She said it was a medical supply business and gave us the business card with a phone number for the owner. When a ...
The first national survey of adults whose Medicaid eligibility was reviewed duringthe unwindingfound nearly half of people who lost their government coverage signed back up weeks or months later — suggesting they should never have been dropped in the first place. While 23% reported being uninsured,...
The notice arrived in an envelope stamped “important information,” telling Kristin Fortner she needed to prove that she and her husband still deserved Medicaid. She filled out the form within a week of receiving it this past winter and mailed it back. So she was perplexed by a ...
[I lost insurance for] about two weeks” (P37, Patient) There are unintended consequences of some policies crafted to improve SUD care “one of the issues that I have with how the state has set that up is in order for practitioners to bill for SBIRT (Screening, Brief Intervention and ...
But all is not lost! Just like the miracles that happen during the holidays, some providers have successfully fought back against these overzealous audits in the courts. For example, in U.S. v. Aseracare, Inc., a whistleblower alleged that the company was submitting false claims to Medicare...