 Patient Advocate (1000+ posts)
Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 1,128 | My entire series of XRT (37 treatments) was less than $43K -- It appears to me that she has gotten creative with the book keeping -- Have her spending habits gotten expensive recently, shopping trips to NYC and Miami, more cruise vacations than usual? -- What does she drive and how many times a year does she buy a new one? -- Does she have a copy of "Creative Accounting" in her bookshelves?
Worse, what if she has actually paid out that amount?!?
As you well know in your profession, it's hard for a client to see what's happening right under their nose -- Maybe it's time for an outside audit, perhaps even a forensic audit <g>. You may be an unwitting accomplice to MediCare fraud!
Age 67 1/2
Ventral Tongue SCC T2N0M0G1 10/05
Anterior Tongue SCC T2N0M0G2 6/08
Base of Tongue SCC T2N0M0G2 12/08
Three partial glossectomy (10/05,11/05,6/08), PEG, 37 XRT 66.6 Gy 1/06
Neck dissection, trach, PEG & forearm free flap (6/08)
Total glossectomy, trach, PEG & thigh free flap (12/08)
On August 21, 2010 at 9:20 am, Pete went off to play with the ratties in the sky.
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