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Re: Medicare Payments Cuts, Was Blues Paying 'Second Procedure' From: Anna Meenan, MD (annam@uic.edu) Mon Mar 18 08:04:59 2002 Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: Montgomery, Lynn MD: "Re: Union - was Blues paying" Previous message: Braun, R. Daniel: "Re: Medicare Payments Cuts, Was Blues Paying "Second Procedure"" I delivered a Medicare pt. once. A healthy young woman who was "disabled" by depression. Took 20 mg of Prozac a day, always went off of it when she was pregnant and did fine for nine months, and then always wanted back on it when the baby was out. She had a husband with a job and some sort of health insurance. I repeatedly filled out forms for renewal of her "disability" coverage telling SSI that she was no more disabled than you or I and they kept renewing her. She got disgusted when Medicare wouldn't pay for her annual exams. -- Anna Meenan, MD At Sun, 17 Mar 2002, Gerald P. Rodriguez wrote: > >Not to belittle the issue of getting paid fairly for a post-partum tubal ligation, but this morning's front page story in the N.Y. Times (see link below) is dynamite. It describes the train-wreck in progress with physicians in ever increasing number now refusing to care for Medicare patients. In addition to the 5.4% cut this January 1st, there is to be a further cut each year from now to 2005 for a total of a 17% cut for medical services! > >The American Academy of Family Practice says that 17% of family doctors are not taking new Medicare patients. Some orthopedic surgeons are now longer willing to see Medicare patients. > >http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/17/health/policy/17HEAL.html > >No problem with obstetrics, but are any of you limiting your elderly gyn patients? > >-- >Gerald P. Rodriguez, M.D., FACOG >Santa Fe > Next message: Montgomery, Lynn MD: "Re: Union - was Blues paying" Previous message: Braun, R. Daniel: "Re: Medicare Payments Cuts, Was Blues Paying "Second Procedure""

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