Comments on: Local Hospitals, Doctors To Pay $3.5 Million For Improper Billing

By: anon

anon — Tue, 17 Sep 2013 14:07:30 +0000

@jane & @CSR: look at the report. It wasn’t just about coding and billing. the doctors billed for supervising services when they weren’t even there! TWO doctors supervising THREE clinics, over 60 miles apart. The whistleblower was fired because he tried to correct the problem and they would not agree to it. When he could not correct it in-house, he resorted to the law.

By: Rufus Lowgun

Rufus Lowgun — Mon, 16 Sep 2013 22:14:53 +0000

It seems like the providers are a bigger problem when it comes to Medicare and Medicaid than the patients are. Something our governor knows a little something about. How much was your company fined for that Medicare fraud when you were running, Rick? Two billion dollars, wasn’t it? That’s a whole lot of fraud. Enough for you to take the 5th 75 times, at any rate.

By: Jane

Jane — Mon, 16 Sep 2013 10:09:32 +0000

It usually isn’t the doctors fault…it is due to the way they code and bill. Blame the people who put in the codes and do the billing without checking to see if it is correct. Yes, there are some accidental errors, but sometimes it is just the way the system is set up that causes the problems.

By: hu

hu — Sun, 15 Sep 2013 20:11:52 +0000

…private practices and care the best in the world? only if one can afford it…and the private practices doing anything it can to make money…kind of like the way for-profit organizations look at diseases and illnesses…they really dont have the motivation to “cure” anything…if they do they will lose money and “go out of business” they make money by treating it than curing it…so in this aspect, why do people want this sort of “care”? while more socialized medicine is willing to find cures just to it’ll be cheaper for society?

By: susan

susan — Sun, 15 Sep 2013 05:44:04 +0000

Dr. Krentel was over my mothers radiation treatments we loved him and he was a nice guy we were completely shocked by all this he was nothing butb professional.

By: my two cents

my two cents — Sun, 15 Sep 2013 01:29:38 +0000

My loved one starts their cancer treatment there next week. Dr. Lowery and all the staff have been very professional and kind to us.

By: CSR

CSR — Sat, 14 Sep 2013 23:58:06 +0000

Before blaming these doctors you all need to take the time to understand just who is actually responsible for what happened. The so called whistleblower that is making a large amount of money that you believed has done such a great thing was the former administrator of GRROC and was over the billing aspect of the office. He was fired from that position. If you think that any of your doctors are responsible directly for the billing part of their business you are badly mistaken. All doctors depend on their administration and billing personnel to do the right thing. Sounds like easy money for Richard “whistleblower” Cook. A rat loves cheese. BTW This was not his first rodeo. I feel for Dr Lowery who is a great Dr who cares about his patients.f

By: greylady

greylady — Sat, 14 Sep 2013 23:48:29 +0000

Glad this was found out and resolved. Don’t guess it is enough to get any one of the people elected governor. Rick Scott’s company was fined more than 2 BILLION. And fines are usually settled for about 10%.

By: Seriously

Seriously — Sat, 14 Sep 2013 14:12:28 +0000

This was all brought to light by an ex employee of one of the places named. The”whistleblower” will get a reward of $750,000. Not a bad payment for doing the right thing.

By: worried

worried — Sat, 14 Sep 2013 12:54:42 +0000

As a vet. I am glad they got caught! I kept getting a bill from##$@! and had to fight to get it fixed. When I finally got it fixed it saved me $400.00 and piece of mind. To any vet who has a concern contact a vet . administer and get them to help you. The Pensacola V.A. has a lot of great people.