One more reason it may be hard to find a primary care physician that will take Medicare, part of the issues lie with the new Medicare contractor for the area as well, big transition when getting data bases connected and data aligned. I have myself heard the same complaints from physicians offices...
This is a big problem in California, it is very difficult already to find physicians who will take Medicaid, thus the pay decrease will limit access even more and possibly the same with hospitals. With finally having a budget, healthcare facilities are now just starting to get checks as they were...
The one item in particular requiring health insurers to devote 85 percent to medical care is something perhaps we all wonder about, where does the money go? We don't know as consumers, and when faced with a claim, were there funds directed to other areas that could be used to pay claims, big...
This was quite a listing, some of the hospitals I am familiar with and even Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian in Newport Beach was fined for leaving a surgical instrument inside a patient, which required a second surgery to remove. Other issues were related to death due to an overmedication,...
This goes back to the situation with Prime Health Care hospitals. Prime owns several hospitals in California and does not have contracts with the insurance companies, and has the ER rooms to accommodate all. When the insurer pays what they feel is owed and the charges go beyond this...
Posted to
The Medical Quack .... by Barbara Duck
on 08-12-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Insurance, health insurance, Hospitals, California, Balance Billing, Department of Managed Care