In 1999, HHS announced 371 criminal indictments for health care billing fraud, up 61% from the previous year[1]. DOJ convicted 396 Defendants for health care fraud, filed 2,278 civil matters relating to health care fraud and excluded 2,976 providers from billing Federal programs like Medicare and Medicaid as a result of fraud[2]. These cases included […]
Five-year-old Abby Muszynski was born with a brain malformation that causes seizures and respiratory failure. http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/28/health/health-care-refugees-part-1/ Abby’s family is leaving Florida to get her proper health care. The Muszynskis’ older high school aged children will be left behind. Why are they doing this? Because Florida’s Medicaid program will not pay for Abby’s treatment. This dates […]
“…patients have to learn to diagnose themselves before they know which specialist to call.” The Problem On November 13, 2015, the Federal Bureau of Investigation notified 21st Oncology (based here in Ft. Myers) to that over two million patients’ confidential records and data in 21st Century’s possession and control had been collected and sold by […]
Instead of learning the obvious lessons from the HMO/PPO example (https://thethompsonlawfirm.net/access-to-healthcare/), industry leaders and their lobbyists in the nineties prevailed on the Florida legislature for a different solution – one that took more skin out of the hide of consumers. Industry leaders used an organized public relations campaign to pass “tort reform” and laws limiting […]
When the Congress convenes in 2017, the first items on the agenda appear to be repeal of health insurance for 75 million Americans. http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/11/paul-ryan-says-medicare-privatization-is-on.html If Medicare and the Affordable Care Act are repealed, pre-existing conditions would presumably be the law of the land at the same time that tens of millions lose their insurance. Those […]
Without understanding the market in which you live and access healthcare, it is impossible to appreciate the value of the services being provided. This is why many people are worried when they become sick abroad or in a strange place. Our own healthcare market can seem like one of those strange places to many. In […]
Published in the June Res Gestae. Bill Thompson, Jr. April 26, 2016 On November 13, 2015, the FBI notified 21st Oncology that over two million patients’ confidential records and data in 21st Century’s possession and control had been collected and sold by criminals using the Internet. 21st Century’s patients were not notified for three months or […]
