Medicare Revalidation issues

[Guest guest]

Warning!!! Start of rant.....................

I am wondering if anyone else has had these issues.

I started the Medicare revalidation process back in Novemeber 2011.

Of course sometime in january-feb it came back that it was missing some

information. All calls to the Medicare center for help were un-returned until

the day the corrections were due, which of course made it too late to resubmit.

So I copy over the previous application and correct the areas they questioned.

In the meantime, Medicare as of March 1, 2012, cuts me off from paying claims.

So I am essentially seeing Medicare patients and hoping that the revalidation

process works it way thorugh, and then maybe I will get a big check with many

months of payments all lumped together.

Well, then yesterday I get an email, this time telling me that there are other

issues not mentioned previously, and that I now need a group npi number, even

though I am the sole owner and operator of a corporation. Once I get this new

group npi number I have to have it assigned to my practice and then resubmit the

application.

All in all, that means at least another 2 months before I will know the status.

Essentially I feel trapped in bureaucracy, just like when I used to contract

with other insurers. This was the main reason I dumped the other insurers, and

it is why I am 95% certain I will be dumping Medicare and opting out by July

1st.

Has anyone else had these issues?

Oh and my meaningful use check/funds, which was submitted over 2 months ago has

still not arrived. Calls to my Hi-Tech rep who helped with the submission have

not been returned.

I am going back to the old way of doing business as a doctor.

Direct contracting with each patient.

It will be simpler, and each patient who comes to my office will want to be

there!

End of rant.................

Horvitz, D.O.

Founder of the Institute for Medical Wellness

stown, NJ