 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 | Chiming in with Joanna, I had the same experience when caregiving for my Dad. Whether the system is that screwed up or screwing Medicare is a rampant problem was quite disturbing to me. I actually was forced to set up a database in Excel to track everything. I am sure that Medicare is to blame also for the strange ways that they reimburse.
Ultimately we all pay the price.
Having an HMO that covers virtually everything has made my book keeping a lot easier...
Gary Allsebrook
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Dx 11/22/02, SCC, 6 x 3 cm Polypoid tumor, rt tonsil, Stage III/IVA, T3N0M0 G1/2
Tx 1/28/03 - 3/19/03, Cisplatin ct x2, IMRT, bilateral, with boost, x35(69.96Gy)
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"You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes" (James 4:14 NIV)
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