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01-17-2016 01:31 AM |
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Originally Posted by outlaw
(Post 1172615)
Hey Doc, no one is saying all doctors are complicit in this fraud. But there are enough. What does a doctor get out of this? An office visit charge and maybe a couple procedure codes? Have you heard of the medicare fraud in south florida? Millions of dollars to a single doctor! I think we had one in TV recently. Times have changed. No more Dr Welbys.
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Really? Care to provide statistics on how many?
I've never had anyone make an appointment for the sole purpose of getting a handicapped sticker, it's always a "by the way". Even if they did, you get what, a 99213 office visit, big deal. What "procedure codes" do you think would be involved? Medicare fraud is a whole different animal, the majority of which occurs in California, Texas and Florida, but those criminals are not making millions on handicap placards.
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Originally Posted by outlaw
(Post 1172621)
A long time ago, there was a similar thread. I posted my layman's criteria for HC placard: on crutches, in a wheelchair, or dragging an oxygen tank behind. I was skewered. Let's face it. In the old days, that is who the HC parking spaces were meant for. Now, if your feet hurt when you walk, you get a HC placard. If you're 100# overweight, and your knees hurt, you get a HC placard. If you tell your doctor your back really hurts when you walk, you get a HC placard. That's why there aren't empty HC parking spaces! I have watched men play basketball after parking with a HC placard. I have watched people carrying and loading a large cooler full of ice into the back of a truck(with the HC placard) parked in a HC slot. Sure there are illnesses that are "invisible", and some may require a HC placard. But there is soooo much fraud in the system. At the rate we are going, Walmart is going to start marking the two remaining parking spaces for "anyone". All the unmarked spaces will be HC only.
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Really? How much? Medicare estimates 6-8 billion/year--in a 2.7 trillion/year health care industry---I'm surprised it isn't a lot more, even 5% would be 135 billion! Compare this with government waste and fraud. This is nothing but criminal activity that should be prosecuted, unfortunately they spend more $$ trying to find it than it is worth.
A "long time ago", I posted the LEGAL criteria for a handicapped placard--fortunately for those that qualify it has nothing to do with YOUR personal "layman's criteria" Can a patient intent on fraudulently obtaining a placard do so---of course, but that's on them. Can I imagine a doctor feeding them the words--maybe, but not often---trust me , we have much better things to do. Can I imagine the doctor giving in to them just to shut them up--probably the #1 reason someone can get something they don't otherwise deserve. Have I seen any ads in the yellow pages for "Come get your fraudulent handicap placard here" No, have you?
On one of those previous threads, there was a poster who felt he was equally qualified to determine eligibility for a handicapped placard just by observing someone from a distance---because he was "smart" and had "life experience" :1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl: says it all. I can't even do that, remember: a) book by its cover and b) be thankful YOU don't need one.
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