tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post6425842523749662904..comments2023-08-21T02:57:37.362-05:00Comments on Dr. Wes: As Goes the Post Office, So Too Medicare?DrWeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17438019699222125477noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-31647578371508569702011-12-10T22:05:32.267-06:002011-12-10T22:05:32.267-06:00C'mon Wes!
We have had to preauthorize proced...C'mon Wes!<br /><br />We have had to preauthorize procedures and MRIs with commercial insurance companies already. It obviously must save money or why would insurance companies do it?<br /><br />Given the high rate of IVCDs that are estimated to be installed for questionable indications, it seems perfectly reasonable for the goverment to try to limit these unneeded costs. It would seem Keithnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-72203244030138327282011-12-10T15:45:57.572-06:002011-12-10T15:45:57.572-06:00While I appreciate the physician perspective, as a...While I appreciate the physician perspective, as a patient advocate I have seen the "dark side" of failed "innovative" orthopedic devices(the #1 expenditure of Medicare). Patients are in medical and legal purgatory while allowing failed "innovative" devices to stay on the market and the medical device company to avoid accountability. Orthopedic surgeons and cardiacExplanthishttp://fida-advocate.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com