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Can a physician refuse to treat medicare patients that owe them money?
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Providers are not required to take patients as Medicare or Medicaid patients. However, there might be an ethical issue if a provider stops ongoing treatment due to inability to pay.
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What are some pros ans cons for a physician becoming a participating physician in Medicare?
The pros are that you will be able to treat Medicare patients. You will be able to accept new older patients and continue to treat current patients as they turn 65 and enroll in Medicare. The cons are that participating in Medicare forces you to obey a lot of rules and regulations. The strange thing is that many of these rules and regulations apply to your entire practice and so even to patients who are not enrolled in Medicare. The major con is that Medicare pays poorly. One of their regulations is that you must offer Medicare your lowest fee so they are by definition always the absolute lowest payer. Many offices find that they do not pay enough to cover expenses but they agree to still see the patients despite losing money as a public service. Unfortunately, if the government cuts the fees further, as they are constantly threatening to do, more and more offices will decide they can no longer afford to do this service.
Can a doctor refuse a needed surgery on you if you owe him money when you are permenanty disabiled and medicare only covers 80 percent?
Yes. A doctor can refuse for any reason and no reason.
Does medicaid or medicare pay for portable handicap lifts for patients with disabilities?
Yes, medicaid and medicare do pay for portable lifts for patients with disabilities. However there is a cap on the amount of money they will pay and you must pay for the item first and then they will reimburse you for the cost.
Will physician clinics be able to continue to accept Medicare patients due to the reimbursement issues that they are currently experiencing?
Most physicians and clinics accept Medicare patients, and will continue to do so. The fee schedule (amount doctors get paid) surrounding visits has been tweaked, so that doctors are not making as much money as they were a few years ago for the same visit or procedure. A lot of physicians could help themselves by having a certified biller in their office that would immediately look for ways to bill so that the physician does not loose money.... but in the end most doctors settle for someone who has less training... because expert billers require a larger pay! Some doctors that I know... and I won't mention any names..... do not have a function in place to bill the 20% that Medicare doesn't pay. This adds up to a huge loss in revenue. I believe that most physicians and clinics will add more patients onto their practice rather than not accept any more Medicare patients. Of course, this adds to the time you will wait to see the doctor, and he will spend less time with you.
Can medicare take some of your comp settlement money?
if or went i turn 65 the money put in medicare setback not spended , do i get it back or does medicare keep it?
Can you spend your Medicare Set aside money?
Can you spend your Medicare Set aside money
Did Obama take money from medicare?
no
Where DOES Primary support for Medicare Part A COME FROM?
The money for medicare comes from payroll taxes.
What does brutus refuse to do as a means to raise money for his army?
he refuse to take bribes in order to raise money for army.
How much money will be taken from Medicare for The health care reform?
None from what I understand. In fact, everything points that it will give moe money to Medicare.
If you are in a hardship and you have a money from a medical set a side from a workmans comp case to pay for treatment can you use that money to help you live?
The problem with spending Medicare set aside money for things other than medical treatment is that Medicare will refuse to pay medical bills and providers won't perform treatment when you run out of set aside money. You won't be able to document that all the set aside money was spent on medical expenses and will have no one to pay for your medical treatment. Medicare won't give you permission to do this because it will cause many problems later. They will say you misspent the money. They won't pay for treatment until you have receipts documenting how all the set aside money was spent on medical treatment.
Do you pay Medicare withholding on pension income?
They will take the money for the medicare payment out of your Socialized Security check.
