RE: cash practices and Medicare

[Guest guest]

Correct, Anne.

Signing the Medicare Waiver/Opt-Out means they cannot send in

your bill for your services to Medicare for reimbursement (or if they do, you won’t

be in trouble). They can still use Medicare for everything else – the labs

your order, imaging, referrals, etc.

Eads, MD

Pinnacle Family Medicine

Colorado Springs, CO

www.PinnacleFamilyMedicine.com

From:

[mailto: ] On Behalf Of Anne Walch

Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2012 10:41 AM

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Subject: cash practices and Medicare

Hi folks,

I'm a cash only practice and have my patients sign a Medicare Opt Out

agreement. This doesn't preclude my cash-only Medicare patients from

getting prescriptions filled or lab orders performed does it?

I presume it's a point of service deal: that I can write for the scripts or the

labs and Medicare will pay because it's between Medicare and the lab or

pharmacy. I know there are huge fines for mistakes here, so just

thought I'd double check.

thanks!

Anne