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Originally Posted by samhass
Well said, Gracie.  |
Yes indeed, it is fraud. I believe the reason I was charged for both was to "justify" to insurance the reason for giving the nuclear stress test, i.e., "tried the treadmill, couldn't complete, had to give thallium". This has been reported to both Medicare and my private insurance company which paid for all. Interestingly, when I tried to tell Medicare about everything that was done without medical necessity, they were unable to investigate anything other than the bogus charge. I did go on the site Vitals.com under the doctor's name and found other such complaints against him. Although anyone can go on that site and leave comments (such as the doctor himself, his family, his friends, etc.), its still a wise idea to look there before going to anyone new. Thanks for writing.