TWR Posted August 18, 2023 Share Posted August 18, 2023 Anyone practicing in family medicine dealing with these requirements for this additional admin work?? Required for Wellcare and Optum Medicare supplement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWR Posted August 19, 2023 Author Share Posted August 19, 2023 No comments yet? Is anyone dealing with WellMed or Optum Medicare supplements that require you as the person who saw the patient to address each and every diagnosis with DETAIED explanations of status (active or inactive), treatment, outcome, EVEN if seen by a specialist who determined the diagnoses!!! I believe some practices are all in with this (unfortunately) and others do not follow what these 2 supplements want. The first is extremely time consuming. Is the reimbursement enhanced to the practice that follows what these companies want? Any input would be appreciated. I think this directed at primary care only. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator rev ronin Posted August 19, 2023 Administrator Share Posted August 19, 2023 Sorry, there are many reasons I don't do Medicare, and this probably isn't even in the top 10. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWR Posted August 19, 2023 Author Share Posted August 19, 2023 I can't imagine anything worse than these attestations for Medicare supplements. Thank God so far there are only two that do this. PS I'm on Medicare! You won't see me??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turnedintoamartian Posted August 19, 2023 Share Posted August 19, 2023 Sounds like a Medicare Advantage problem. Many health policy experts are looking at the advantage plans and saying they aren’t worth it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator rev ronin Posted August 19, 2023 Administrator Share Posted August 19, 2023 2 hours ago, TWR said: PS I'm on Medicare! You won't see me??? If you exercise your rights under HITECH to forbid me to bill Medicare, you can see me for cash on a non-emergency basis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator ventana Posted August 22, 2023 Moderator Share Posted August 22, 2023 Are we talking supplemental or advantage plans? as this is supplemental to Medicare I would just refuse Bean counters be damned 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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