I have been providing assistance to Alan Sklarsky, Esq in New Jersey federal litigation on Medicaid/VA income verification. NJ Medicaid failed to honor the Award Letter from the VA as verification of UME. Alan made a federal case out of the issue. The NJ federal court has ruled in favor of a class plaintiff who was …
The Veterans administration is worried that veteran will be financially exploited. So they are demanding the veteran appoint a fiduciary that is bonded that the VA can monitor. Here is a case that the veteran won the right back to manage his own funds. VA regional office finally lifts roadblock to veteran’s benefits.
Those that are in a fiduciary position will be held accountable for wrongdoing. Review this article for what could happen. Wife of ex-Deerfield police chief sentenced to year in federal prison for embezzling from disabled father | Concord Monitor.
The number of Americans aged 60 or more who issued advance directives governing their end-of-life care went from 47 percent in 2000 to 72 percent in 2010. Dina Fine Maron reports via Many More Americans Issue End-of-Life Instructions – Scientific American.
WASHINGTON, DC – Yesterday, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Jeff Miller and Rep. Jackie Walorski introduced H.R. 4102, legislation that would make an award of VA benefits issued on or after the date of a veteran’s death payable to the veteran’s estate. Under current law, only a veteran’s spouse, children under the age of …
How Much Your Doctor Received From Medicare Use the form below to find a doctor or other medical professional among the more than 800,000 health care providers that received payments in 2012 from Medicare Part B, which covers doctor visits, tests and other treatments. APRIL 9, 2014 via How Much Your Doctor Received From Medicare …
Small Slice of Doctors Account for Big Chunk of Medicare Costs Top 1% of Medical Providers Accounted for 14% of Billing, Federal Data Show By CHRISTOPHER WEAVER, TOM MCGINTY and LOUISE RADNOFSKY Updated April 9, 2014 9:17 a.m. ET A tiny sliver of doctors and other medical providers accounted for an outsize portion of Medicare’s …
A Quiet ‘Sea Change’ in Medicare For years we have advised clients to appeal decisions that deny rehabilitation at nursing homes for those patients that have plateaued. This recent New York Times article covers last years CMS settlement over the wrongful termination of services due to a patients skill plateauing. via A Quiet ‘Sea Change’ …
Creating Public Transparency of Industry-Physician Financial Relationships The Official Website for Open Payments (Physician Payments Sunshine Act) via Open Payments – Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.