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Originally Posted by Bogie Shooter
Rumors add so much to a conversation..................
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Actually, rumors add a lot to the conversation. For example, many months ago a post was made that 15,000 TVH patients would be getting letters that they had to convert to United Health Care MA plan or leave the practice. This has turned out to be true. Another post I made long before the new Village of Fenney was announced reported possible expansion of the Villages south of 44. The Villages is a large corporation that plays close to the vest on their decisions, but like at any large company, people often leak out the details. It is true that no one knows if these rumors are true when they first appear, but as far as this Marcus Welby healthcare system at TVH goes, they are often proving true. Marcus Welby is kicking grandma to the curb because she doesn't have the right insurance! No wonder some of the doctors have objected and resigned. I worked in healthcare for many years and I can't recall a private practice accepting only one insurance plan. Sure staff HMO's like Kaiser and Harvard Community Health Plan ran their own plans, but they contracted directly with large payors such as corporate healthcare plans offered to employees. Medicare changes constantly. Why it was only three years ago that they were about to do away with the Medicare Advantage plans altogether. They survived, but who knows what the future holds. What TVH has done looks to me like one of the biggest blunders I have ever seen in healthcare.