Guest guest Posted May 3, 2008 Report Share Posted May 3, 2008 Can't help ya, but that's cool about the eagle.In an unrelated techno question ... I need to edit an mp3 file. specifically, I need to cut a bit of music out of a song that I will be performing at my kids' talent show. Does anyone know of software that does this? Free would be even better.LonnaSubject: dvd/cd avi helpTo: Date: Friday, May 2, 2008, 10:59 AM HI I have an avi file i created audio and visual- a powerpoint+ music umm, I know I can burn CDs but then the cd does nothave the viedo on it only the audioI bought DVDs discs.. can I burn the avi file to a dvd? But uhhh dumb dumnb- how do Ik now if I have a dvd burner in mylaptop I can PLAy DVD's but can I make them?Or since the file has audio and video will it all burn to the dvd disc if I click write these files to a cd? I'm sorry I just do not know this stuff thank youJean( started my day with a bald eagle right at the road side Boy I rarely see them.) MD 1780 NICDASULLE ROAD SUITE 604 LEXINGTON , KY 40503 8592765566 FAMILY PRACTICE Steve Horvitz -- although I guess it doesn't matter since he no longer takes insurance. HORVITZ, STEVEN DO 128 BORTONS LANDING RD MOORESTOWN , NJ 08057 6092310590 FAMILY PRACTICE I put about 15 of us in the search engine. Only found a couple of us. Locke, MD From: Locke's in Colorado [mailto:lockekcomcast (DOT) net] Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2008 8:26 AMTo: Practice Management IssuesSubject: [practicemgt] FW: Three Rivers Provider Network Physician Solicitation This issue was brought up on another list, but thought this list would benefit. Ignore faxes from TRPN -- see info below. One of the docs got an important sounding fax that requested they send in a bunch of info - tax id, etc. And while it wasn't a Nigerian e-mail scam, it might as well have been. The company has been sucking in doctors to their network via this e-mail scam. Further info below. Locke, MD ============ ========= ========= ====== Sent: Monday, April 28, 2008 8:39 PMTo: Subject: Three Rivers Provider Network Physician Solicitation Check out this google on them...yikes! http://tinyurl. com/5zb3cv Annie, you might want to make sure you aren't somehow accidently contracted with them and taking lower payments than you should. It would behoove us all to search ourselves and see if we are on the list. https://repricing. trpnppo.com/ ProviderSearch. aspx Locke, MD More info below... http://www.ama- assn.org/ ama/pub/category /17552.html Alert: Three Rivers Provider Network Physician Solicitation e-mail story | print story The AMA has received numerous complaints from state medical associations about solicitations from Three Rivers Provider Network to physicians. These solicitations appear to be a routine request for a W-9, or a request for a National Provider Identification Number. In fact, if signed, it will result in the physician practice agreeing to be "in network" with Three Rivers and agreeing to accept 25% discounts off their fees. The AMA sent a letter (PDF, 245KB) to Three Rivers outlining its concerns about this solicitation and urging Three Rivers to make its contracting practices transparent. We encourage you to alert your practice staff to be on the lookout for these solicitations and to only sign the document the practice wishes to participate in the Three Rivers network. Read the AMA's letter to Three Rivers. (PDF, 245KB) http://www.naswnyc. org/Private% 20practice% 20committee/ specialalert. html Special Alert For Private Practice Members - Three Rivers (October 2007) Earlier in the year, NASW-NYC began receiving complaints from its members in private practice about solicitations from Three Rivers Provider Network (TRPN, www.trpnppo. com), to elicit confidential information from them. After further investigation we also learned that members of the Medical Society of the State of New York were also experiencing the same concerns. With input from NASW-NYC's Private Practice Committee, the Chapter advocated and sent letters to the offices of NYS Attorney General Cuomo and Mr. R. Dinallo, Superintendent for the New York State Insurance Department, requesting a review of the business practices of Three Rivers Provider Network and the insurance companies it represents, including United Healthcare, among others. The letter expressed that our members have complained that they have received multiple "robo-call" telephone messages from TRPN asking for providers to share their IRS tax identification number and W9 along with other information. The Chapter communicated that members received as many as ten or twenty such messages, sometimes on a daily basis, which members found to be vague and, in some cases, intimidating, as it referred to IRS requirements. In addition, when some members responded by calling the number provided, the only option given was to submit their fax number; there was no opportunity to speak with a TRPN representative for information or clarification. There was no indication of who TRPN represented in neither the original robo-call nor the second message. Most clinicians had never before heard of TRPN and had no prior dealings with them; TRPN did not provide any indication of what insurance companies they were representing in this transaction. Some clinicians, misled by the original robo-call and the first paragraphs of the form to believe that in completing the form they were providing TRPN with a tax ID number to comply with IRS requirements, were later surprised to discover that in completing the form they had been enrolled to accept reduced fees for their services, which had not been what TRPN originally emphasized in their telephone robo-call. It appears that TRPN misled these clinicians into signing a managed care contract. When these clinicians discovered what had happened and found a way to contact TRPN, they were told that they must wait 90 days in order to be released from this contract, and, in the meantime, that they must accept the reduced insurance reimbursement. One clinician, who threatened to engage a lawyer, was immediately released from the contract; however, not everyone has this option. In its letter, NASW-NYC further expressed that the TRPN robo-call message and the subsequent letter from TRPN was confusing and resulted in clinicians feeling lured into unwittingly accepting a reduced fee for their services, and then making it unnecessarily difficult for them to withdraw from this arrangement. NASW-NYC called upon the Attorney General's Office and the NYS Insurance Department to take action to prevent TRPN and the insurance companies that they represent from continuing to solicit clinicians in this manner, to promptly release any clinicians who request to be released from the contract signed and to reimburse any clinicians who request reimbursement for the reduced insurance payments that they were paid. Since sending the letters, NASW-NYC has received responses from the NYS Attorney General indicating that they would be beginning a review with Three Rivers and from the State Insurance Department indicating that they would investigate the case. The Chapter will keep its membership updated as any new information becomes available. naswnycnaswnyc (DOT) org Telephone: http://www.ama- assn.org/ amednews/ 2007/06/04/ bisb0604. htm Physicians say PPO network's fax masked 25% pay cut Organized medicine criticizes a W-9 request by Three Rivers Provider Network that also authorized lower reimbursement. By G. Bethely, AMNews staff. June 4, 2007. The AMA and several state medical societies are engaged in ongoing discussions with a PPO network that sent a fax to physicians that appeared to be a routine request for tax information -- but also bound physicians to having their reimbursement cut by 25%. San Diego-based Three Rivers Provider Network sent the fax to physicians who had treated member patients, but who were not part of any TRPN network. TRPN not only has direct contracts with physicians, but also rents networks from other PPOs -- a practice which organized medicine has criticized as a "silent PPO" because physicians never negotiate rates with a plan, yet find themselves in it because they have signed a deal with a PPO that has rented out its network to someone else. The TRPN fax noted that IRS regulations require that it "maintain a current taxpayer identification number on file for all providers of services," and provided a fax number to which physicians could return the form. However, the TRPN fax also contained a paragraph stating that physicians would agree "payment of services will be 75% of provider's total billed charges for covered services." Physicians would sign one form; there was no opportunity to opt out of or negotiate the cut. It's not uncommon for H. Rosenblum, MD, an ophthalmologist in Nashville, Tenn., to receive a random fax from an insurance company asking him to fill out a W-9, so when Dr. Rosenblum received the TRPN form, he said he signed the document without much hesitation. Several months later, while conducting a spot check of his claims receipts, Dr. Rosenblum noticed he wasn't getting his normal fee from the insurance companies with which he contracts.[...] ---You are currently subscribed to practicemgt as: lockekcomcast (DOT) netTo unsubscribe or to manage your settings, please go to http://members. aafp.org/ members/cgi- bin/myaafp. pl?op=subscripti ons & type=lists -- If you are a patient please allow up to 4-8 hours for a reply by email/please note the new email address/e mail may not be entirely secure/ MD ph fax Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 3, 2008 Report Share Posted May 3, 2008 NEVERMIND I GOT IT!! Lonna- that is what i was up agianst you can try Audacity download it free I did not use it but thereare tutorials on the web aboutit...I used Camtasia to put music clips to a powerpoint I got themusic from itunes and converted them to a WAV file(No Ihave noidea what anyof it means I just lciked and did things...) You can have Camtasia free for 30 days and if you used it then I can help you since I have been crying and knashing of teeth for a long time over this. apparnelry if you have a MAc there is this snapzpro thing that costs 70.00Good luck.Let us know if you find somehing else easy. Can't help ya, but that's cool about the eagle.In an unrelated techno question ... I need to edit an mp3 file. specifically, I need to cut a bit of music out of a song that I will be performing at my kids' talent show. Does anyone know of software that does this? Free would be even better. Lonna Subject: dvd/cd avi helpTo: Date: Friday, May 2, 2008, 10:59 AM HI I have an avi file i created audio and visual- a powerpoint+ music umm, I know I can burn CDs but then the cd does nothave the viedo on it only the audioI bought DVDs discs.. can I burn the avi file to a dvd? But uhhh dumb dumnb- how do Ik now if I have a dvd burner in mylaptop I can PLAy DVD's but can I make them?Or since the file has audio and video will it all burn to the dvd disc if I click write these files to a cd? I'm sorry I just do not know this stuff thank youJean( started my day with a bald eagle right at the road side Boy I rarely see them.) MD 1780 NICDASULLE ROAD SUITE 604 LEXINGTON , KY 40503 8592765566 FAMILY PRACTICE Steve Horvitz -- although I guess it doesn't matter since he no longer takes insurance. HORVITZ, STEVEN DO 128 BORTONS LANDING RD MOORESTOWN , NJ 08057 6092310590 FAMILY PRACTICE I put about 15 of us in the search engine. Only found a couple of us. Locke, MD From: Locke's in Colorado [mailto:lockekcomcast (DOT) net] Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2008 8:26 AMTo: Practice Management IssuesSubject: [practicemgt] FW: Three Rivers Provider Network Physician Solicitation This issue was brought up on another list, but thought this list would benefit. Ignore faxes from TRPN -- see info below. One of the docs got an important sounding fax that requested they send in a bunch of info - tax id, etc. And while it wasn't a Nigerian e-mail scam, it might as well have been. The company has been sucking in doctors to their network via this e-mail scam. Further info below. Locke, MD ============ ========= ========= ====== Sent: Monday, April 28, 2008 8:39 PMTo: Subject: Three Rivers Provider Network Physician Solicitation Check out this google on them...yikes! http://tinyurl. com/5zb3cv Annie, you might want to make sure you aren't somehow accidently contracted with them and taking lower payments than you should. It would behoove us all to search ourselves and see if we are on the list. https://repricing. trpnppo.com/ ProviderSearch. aspx Locke, MD More info below... http://www.ama- assn.org/ ama/pub/category /17552.html Alert: Three Rivers Provider Network Physician Solicitation e-mail story | print story The AMA has received numerous complaints from state medical associations about solicitations from Three Rivers Provider Network to physicians. These solicitations appear to be a routine request for a W-9, or a request for a National Provider Identification Number. In fact, if signed, it will result in the physician practice agreeing to be " in network " with Three Rivers and agreeing to accept 25% discounts off their fees. The AMA sent a letter (PDF, 245KB) to Three Rivers outlining its concerns about this solicitation and urging Three Rivers to make its contracting practices transparent. We encourage you to alert your practice staff to be on the lookout for these solicitations and to only sign the document the practice wishes to participate in the Three Rivers network. Read the AMA's letter to Three Rivers. (PDF, 245KB) http://www.naswnyc. org/Private% 20practice% 20committee/ specialalert. html Special Alert For Private Practice Members - Three Rivers (October 2007) Earlier in the year, NASW-NYC began receiving complaints from its members in private practice about solicitations from Three Rivers Provider Network (TRPN, www.trpnppo. com), to elicit confidential information from them. After further investigation we also learned that members of the Medical Society of the State of New York were also experiencing the same concerns. With input from NASW-NYC's Private Practice Committee, the Chapter advocated and sent letters to the offices of NYS Attorney General Cuomo and Mr. R. Dinallo, Superintendent for the New York State Insurance Department, requesting a review of the business practices of Three Rivers Provider Network and the insurance companies it represents, including United Healthcare, among others. The letter expressed that our members have complained that they have received multiple " robo-call " telephone messages from TRPN asking for providers to share their IRS tax identification number and W9 along with other information. The Chapter communicated that members received as many as ten or twenty such messages, sometimes on a daily basis, which members found to be vague and, in some cases, intimidating, as it referred to IRS requirements. In addition, when some members responded by calling the number provided, the only option given was to submit their fax number; there was no opportunity to speak with a TRPN representative for information or clarification. There was no indication of who TRPN represented in neither the original robo-call nor the second message. Most clinicians had never before heard of TRPN and had no prior dealings with them; TRPN did not provide any indication of what insurance companies they were representing in this transaction. Some clinicians, misled by the original robo-call and the first paragraphs of the form to believe that in completing the form they were providing TRPN with a tax ID number to comply with IRS requirements, were later surprised to discover that in completing the form they had been enrolled to accept reduced fees for their services, which had not been what TRPN originally emphasized in their telephone robo-call. It appears that TRPN misled these clinicians into signing a managed care contract. When these clinicians discovered what had happened and found a way to contact TRPN, they were told that they must wait 90 days in order to be released from this contract, and, in the meantime, that they must accept the reduced insurance reimbursement. One clinician, who threatened to engage a lawyer, was immediately released from the contract; however, not everyone has this option. In its letter, NASW-NYC further expressed that the TRPN robo-call message and the subsequent letter from TRPN was confusing and resulted in clinicians feeling lured into unwittingly accepting a reduced fee for their services, and then making it unnecessarily difficult for them to withdraw from this arrangement. NASW-NYC called upon the Attorney General's Office and the NYS Insurance Department to take action to prevent TRPN and the insurance companies that they represent from continuing to solicit clinicians in this manner, to promptly release any clinicians who request to be released from the contract signed and to reimburse any clinicians who request reimbursement for the reduced insurance payments that they were paid. Since sending the letters, NASW-NYC has received responses from the NYS Attorney General indicating that they would be beginning a review with Three Rivers and from the State Insurance Department indicating that they would investigate the case. The Chapter will keep its membership updated as any new information becomes available. naswnycnaswnyc (DOT) org Telephone: http://www.ama- assn.org/ amednews/ 2007/06/04/ bisb0604. htm Physicians say PPO network's fax masked 25% pay cut Organized medicine criticizes a W-9 request by Three Rivers Provider Network that also authorized lower reimbursement. By G. Bethely, AMNews staff. June 4, 2007. The AMA and several state medical societies are engaged in ongoing discussions with a PPO network that sent a fax to physicians that appeared to be a routine request for tax information -- but also bound physicians to having their reimbursement cut by 25%. San Diego-based Three Rivers Provider Network sent the fax to physicians who had treated member patients, but who were not part of any TRPN network. TRPN not only has direct contracts with physicians, but also rents networks from other PPOs -- a practice which organized medicine has criticized as a " silent PPO " because physicians never negotiate rates with a plan, yet find themselves in it because they have signed a deal with a PPO that has rented out its network to someone else. The TRPN fax noted that IRS regulations require that it " maintain a current taxpayer identification number on file for all providers of services, " and provided a fax number to which physicians could return the form. However, the TRPN fax also contained a paragraph stating that physicians would agree " payment of services will be 75% of provider's total billed charges for covered services. " Physicians would sign one form; there was no opportunity to opt out of or negotiate the cut. It's not uncommon for H. Rosenblum, MD, an ophthalmologist in Nashville, Tenn., to receive a random fax from an insurance company asking him to fill out a W-9, so when Dr. Rosenblum received the TRPN form, he said he signed the document without much hesitation. Several months later, while conducting a spot check of his claims receipts, Dr. Rosenblum noticed he wasn't getting his normal fee from the insurance companies with which he contracts.[...] ---You are currently subscribed to practicemgt as: lockekcomcast (DOT) net To unsubscribe or to manage your settings, please go to http://members. aafp.org/ members/cgi- bin/myaafp. pl?op=subscripti ons & type=lists -- If you are a patient please allow up to 4-8 hours for a reply by email/please note the new email address/e mail may not be entirely secure/ MD ph fax Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. 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Guest guest Posted May 3, 2008 Report Share Posted May 3, 2008 Thank you, I will let you know what I come up with, then I will post my performance on youtube so you can all laugh. From: <jnantonucci@ gmail.com>Subject: [Practiceimprovemen t1] dvd/cd avi helpTo: Practiceimprovement 1yahoogroups (DOT) com Date: Friday, May 2, 2008, 10:59 AM HI I have an avi file i created audio and visual- a powerpoint+ music umm, I know I can burn CDs but then the cd does nothave the viedo on it only the audioI bought DVDs discs.. can I burn the avi file to a dvd? But uhhh dumb dumnb- how do Ik now if I have a dvd burner in mylaptop I can PLAy DVD's but can I make them?Or since the file has audio and video will it all burn to the dvd disc if I click write these files to a cd? I'm sorry I just do not know this stuff thank youJean( started my day with a bald eagle right at the road side Boy I rarely see them.) MD 1780 NICDASULLE ROAD SUITE 604 LEXINGTON , KY 40503 8592765566 FAMILY PRACTICE Steve Horvitz -- although I guess it doesn't matter since he no longer takes insurance. HORVITZ, STEVEN DO 128 BORTONS LANDING RD MOORESTOWN , NJ 08057 6092310590 FAMILY PRACTICE I put about 15 of us in the search engine. Only found a couple of us. Locke, MD From: Locke's in Colorado [mailto:lockekcomcast (DOT) net] Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2008 8:26 AMTo: Practice Management IssuesSubject: [practicemgt] FW: Three Rivers Provider Network Physician Solicitation This issue was brought up on another list, but thought this list would benefit. Ignore faxes from TRPN -- see info below. One of the docs got an important sounding fax that requested they send in a bunch of info - tax id, etc. And while it wasn't a Nigerian e-mail scam, it might as well have been. The company has been sucking in doctors to their network via this e-mail scam. Further info below. Locke, MD ============ ========= ========= ====== Sent: Monday, April 28, 2008 8:39 PMTo: Subject: Three Rivers Provider Network Physician Solicitation Check out this google on them...yikes! http://tinyurl. com/5zb3cv Annie, you might want to make sure you aren't somehow accidently contracted with them and taking lower payments than you should. It would behoove us all to search ourselves and see if we are on the list. https://repricing. trpnppo.com/ ProviderSearch. aspx Locke, MD More info below... http://www.ama- assn.org/ ama/pub/category /17552.html Alert: Three Rivers Provider Network Physician Solicitation e-mail story | print story The AMA has received numerous complaints from state medical associations about solicitations from Three Rivers Provider Network to physicians. These solicitations appear to be a routine request for a W-9, or a request for a National Provider Identification Number. In fact, if signed, it will result in the physician practice agreeing to be "in network" with Three Rivers and agreeing to accept 25% discounts off their fees. The AMA sent a letter (PDF, 245KB) to Three Rivers outlining its concerns about this solicitation and urging Three Rivers to make its contracting practices transparent. We encourage you to alert your practice staff to be on the lookout for these solicitations and to only sign the document the practice wishes to participate in the Three Rivers network. Read the AMA's letter to Three Rivers. (PDF, 245KB) http://www.naswnyc. org/Private% 20practice% 20committee/ specialalert. html Special Alert For Private Practice Members - Three Rivers (October 2007) Earlier in the year, NASW-NYC began receiving complaints from its members in private practice about solicitations from Three Rivers Provider Network (TRPN, www.trpnppo. com), to elicit confidential information from them. After further investigation we also learned that members of the Medical Society of the State of New York were also experiencing the same concerns. With input from NASW-NYC's Private Practice Committee, the Chapter advocated and sent letters to the offices of NYS Attorney General Cuomo and Mr. R. Dinallo, Superintendent for the New York State Insurance Department, requesting a review of the business practices of Three Rivers Provider Network and the insurance companies it represents, including United Healthcare, among others. The letter expressed that our members have complained that they have received multiple "robo-call" telephone messages from TRPN asking for providers to share their IRS tax identification number and W9 along with other information. The Chapter communicated that members received as many as ten or twenty such messages, sometimes on a daily basis, which members found to be vague and, in some cases, intimidating, as it referred to IRS requirements. In addition, when some members responded by calling the number provided, the only option given was to submit their fax number; there was no opportunity to speak with a TRPN representative for information or clarification. There was no indication of who TRPN represented in neither the original robo-call nor the second message. Most clinicians had never before heard of TRPN and had no prior dealings with them; TRPN did not provide any indication of what insurance companies they were representing in this transaction. Some clinicians, misled by the original robo-call and the first paragraphs of the form to believe that in completing the form they were providing TRPN with a tax ID number to comply with IRS requirements, were later surprised to discover that in completing the form they had been enrolled to accept reduced fees for their services, which had not been what TRPN originally emphasized in their telephone robo-call. It appears that TRPN misled these clinicians into signing a managed care contract. When these clinicians discovered what had happened and found a way to contact TRPN, they were told that they must wait 90 days in order to be released from this contract, and, in the meantime, that they must accept the reduced insurance reimbursement. One clinician, who threatened to engage a lawyer, was immediately released from the contract; however, not everyone has this option. In its letter, NASW-NYC further expressed that the TRPN robo-call message and the subsequent letter from TRPN was confusing and resulted in clinicians feeling lured into unwittingly accepting a reduced fee for their services, and then making it unnecessarily difficult for them to withdraw from this arrangement. NASW-NYC called upon the Attorney General's Office and the NYS Insurance Department to take action to prevent TRPN and the insurance companies that they represent from continuing to solicit clinicians in this manner, to promptly release any clinicians who request to be released from the contract signed and to reimburse any clinicians who request reimbursement for the reduced insurance payments that they were paid. Since sending the letters, NASW-NYC has received responses from the NYS Attorney General indicating that they would be beginning a review with Three Rivers and from the State Insurance Department indicating that they would investigate the case. The Chapter will keep its membership updated as any new information becomes available. naswnycnaswnyc (DOT) org Telephone: http://www.ama- assn.org/ amednews/ 2007/06/04/ bisb0604. htm Physicians say PPO network's fax masked 25% pay cut Organized medicine criticizes a W-9 request by Three Rivers Provider Network that also authorized lower reimbursement. By G. Bethely, AMNews staff. June 4, 2007. The AMA and several state medical societies are engaged in ongoing discussions with a PPO network that sent a fax to physicians that appeared to be a routine request for tax information -- but also bound physicians to having their reimbursement cut by 25%. San Diego-based Three Rivers Provider Network sent the fax to physicians who had treated member patients, but who were not part of any TRPN network. TRPN not only has direct contracts with physicians, but also rents networks from other PPOs -- a practice which organized medicine has criticized as a "silent PPO" because physicians never negotiate rates with a plan, yet find themselves in it because they have signed a deal with a PPO that has rented out its network to someone else. The TRPN fax noted that IRS regulations require that it "maintain a current taxpayer identification number on file for all providers of services," and provided a fax number to which physicians could return the form. However, the TRPN fax also contained a paragraph stating that physicians would agree "payment of services will be 75% of provider's total billed charges for covered services." Physicians would sign one form; there was no opportunity to opt out of or negotiate the cut. It's not uncommon for H. Rosenblum, MD, an ophthalmologist in Nashville, Tenn., to receive a random fax from an insurance company asking him to fill out a W-9, so when Dr. Rosenblum received the TRPN form, he said he signed the document without much hesitation. Several months later, while conducting a spot check of his claims receipts, Dr. Rosenblum noticed he wasn't getting his normal fee from the insurance companies with which he contracts.[...] ---You are currently subscribed to practicemgt as: lockekcomcast (DOT) netTo unsubscribe or to manage your settings, please go to http://members. aafp.org/ members/cgi- bin/myaafp. pl?op=subscripti ons & type=lists -- If you are a patient please allow up to 4-8 hours for a reply by email/please note the new email address/e mail may not be entirely secure/ MD ph fax Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. 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Guest guest Posted May 3, 2008 Report Share Posted May 3, 2008 Cool seeing a bald eagle! A. Eads, M.D. Pinnacle Family Medicine, PLLC phone fax P.O. Box 7275 Woodland Park, CO 80863 www.PinnacleFamilyMedicine.com From: [mailto: ] On Behalf Of Sent: Friday, May 02, 2008 11:57 AM To: Subject: dvd/cd avi help HI I have an avi file i created audio and visual- a powerpoint+ music umm, I know I can burn CDs but then the cd does nothave the viedo on it only the audio I bought DVDs discs.. can I burn the avi file to a dvd? But uhhh dumb dumnb- how do Ik now if I have a dvd burner in mylaptop I can PLAy DVD's but can I make them? Or since the file has audio and video will it all burn to the dvd disc if I click write these files to a cd? I'm sorry I just do not know this stuff thank you Jean ( started my day with a bald eagle right at the road side Boy I rarely see them.) MD 1780 NICDASULLE ROAD SUITE 604 LEXINGTON , KY 40503 8592765566 FAMILY PRACTICE Steve Horvitz -- although I guess it doesn't matter since he no longer takes insurance. HORVITZ, STEVEN DO 128 BORTONS LANDING RD MOORESTOWN , NJ 08057 6092310590 FAMILY PRACTICE I put about 15 of us in the search engine. Only found a couple of us. Locke, MD From: Locke's in Colorado [mailto:lockekcomcast (DOT) net] Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2008 8:26 AM To: Practice Management Issues Subject: [practicemgt] FW: Three Rivers Provider Network Physician Solicitation This issue was brought up on another list, but thought this list would benefit. Ignore faxes from TRPN -- see info below. One of the docs got an important sounding fax that requested they send in a bunch of info - tax id, etc. And while it wasn't a Nigerian e-mail scam, it might as well have been. The company has been sucking in doctors to their network via this e-mail scam. Further info below. Locke, MD ==================================== Sent: Monday, April 28, 2008 8:39 PM To: Subject: Three Rivers Provider Network Physician Solicitation Check out this google on them...yikes! http://tinyurl.com/5zb3cv Annie, you might want to make sure you aren't somehow accidently contracted with them and taking lower payments than you should. It would behoove us all to search ourselves and see if we are on the list. https://repricing.trpnppo.com/ProviderSearch.aspx Locke, MD More info below... http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/17552.html Alert: Three Rivers Provider Network Physician Solicitation e-mail story | print story The AMA has received numerous complaints from state medical associations about solicitations from Three Rivers Provider Network to physicians. These solicitations appear to be a routine request for a W-9, or a request for a National Provider Identification Number. In fact, if signed, it will result in the physician practice agreeing to be " in network " with Three Rivers and agreeing to accept 25% discounts off their fees. The AMA sent a letter (PDF, 245KB) to Three Rivers outlining its concerns about this solicitation and urging Three Rivers to make its contracting practices transparent. We encourage you to alert your practice staff to be on the lookout for these solicitations and to only sign the document the practice wishes to participate in the Three Rivers network. Read the AMA's letter to Three Rivers. (PDF, 245KB) http://www.naswnyc.org/Private%20practice%20committee/specialalert.html Special Alert For Private Practice Members - Three Rivers (October 2007) Earlier in the year, NASW-NYC began receiving complaints from its members in private practice about solicitations from Three Rivers Provider Network (TRPN, www.trpnppo.com), to elicit confidential information from them. After further investigation we also learned that members of the Medical Society of the State of New York were also experiencing the same concerns. With input from NASW-NYC's Private Practice Committee, the Chapter advocated and sent letters to the offices of NYS Attorney General Cuomo and Mr. R. Dinallo, Superintendent for the New York State Insurance Department, requesting a review of the business practices of Three Rivers Provider Network and the insurance companies it represents, including United Healthcare, among others. The letter expressed that our members have complained that they have received multiple " robo-call " telephone messages from TRPN asking for providers to share their IRS tax identification number and W9 along with other information. The Chapter communicated that members received as many as ten or twenty such messages, sometimes on a daily basis, which members found to be vague and, in some cases, intimidating, as it referred to IRS requirements. In addition, when some members responded by calling the number provided, the only option given was to submit their fax number; there was no opportunity to speak with a TRPN representative for information or clarification. There was no indication of who TRPN represented in neither the original robo-call nor the second message. Most clinicians had never before heard of TRPN and had no prior dealings with them; TRPN did not provide any indication of what insurance companies they were representing in this transaction. Some clinicians, misled by the original robo-call and the first paragraphs of the form to believe that in completing the form they were providing TRPN with a tax ID number to comply with IRS requirements, were later surprised to discover that in completing the form they had been enrolled to accept reduced fees for their services, which had not been what TRPN originally emphasized in their telephone robo-call. It appears that TRPN misled these clinicians into signing a managed care contract. When these clinicians discovered what had happened and found a way to contact TRPN, they were told that they must wait 90 days in order to be released from this contract, and, in the meantime, that they must accept the reduced insurance reimbursement. One clinician, who threatened to engage a lawyer, was immediately released from the contract; however, not everyone has this option. In its letter, NASW-NYC further expressed that the TRPN robo-call message and the subsequent letter from TRPN was confusing and resulted in clinicians feeling lured into unwittingly accepting a reduced fee for their services, and then making it unnecessarily difficult for them to withdraw from this arrangement. NASW-NYC called upon the Attorney General's Office and the NYS Insurance Department to take action to prevent TRPN and the insurance companies that they represent from continuing to solicit clinicians in this manner, to promptly release any clinicians who request to be released from the contract signed and to reimburse any clinicians who request reimbursement for the reduced insurance payments that they were paid. Since sending the letters, NASW-NYC has received responses from the NYS Attorney General indicating that they would be beginning a review with Three Rivers and from the State Insurance Department indicating that they would investigate the case. The Chapter will keep its membership updated as any new information becomes available. naswnycnaswnyc (DOT) org Telephone: http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2007/06/04/bisb0604.htm Physicians say PPO network's fax masked 25% pay cut Organized medicine criticizes a W-9 request by Three Rivers Provider Network that also authorized lower reimbursement. By G. Bethely, AMNews staff. June 4, 2007. The AMA and several state medical societies are engaged in ongoing discussions with a PPO network that sent a fax to physicians that appeared to be a routine request for tax information -- but also bound physicians to having their reimbursement cut by 25%. San Diego-based Three Rivers Provider Network sent the fax to physicians who had treated member patients, but who were not part of any TRPN network. TRPN not only has direct contracts with physicians, but also rents networks from other PPOs -- a practice which organized medicine has criticized as a " silent PPO " because physicians never negotiate rates with a plan, yet find themselves in it because they have signed a deal with a PPO that has rented out its network to someone else. The TRPN fax noted that IRS regulations require that it " maintain a current taxpayer identification number on file for all providers of services, " and provided a fax number to which physicians could return the form. However, the TRPN fax also contained a paragraph stating that physicians would agree " payment of services will be 75% of provider's total billed charges for covered services. " Physicians would sign one form; there was no opportunity to opt out of or negotiate the cut. It's not uncommon for H. Rosenblum, MD, an ophthalmologist in Nashville, Tenn., to receive a random fax from an insurance company asking him to fill out a W-9, so when Dr. Rosenblum received the TRPN form, he said he signed the document without much hesitation. Several months later, while conducting a spot check of his claims receipts, Dr. Rosenblum noticed he wasn't getting his normal fee from the insurance companies with which he contracts. [...] ---You are currently subscribed to practicemgt as: lockekcomcast (DOT) netTo unsubscribe or to manage your settings, please go to http://members.aafp.org/members/cgi-bin/myaafp.pl?op=subscriptions & type=lists -- If you are a patient please allow up to 4-8 hours for a reply by email/ please note the new email address/ e mail may not be entirely secure/ MD ph fax Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 3, 2008 Report Share Posted May 3, 2008 well thanks for the techno help Eads!!! Cool seeing a bald eagle! A. Eads, M.D. Pinnacle Family Medicine, PLLC phone fax P.O. Box 7275 Woodland Park, CO 80863 www.PinnacleFamilyMedicine.com From: [mailto: ] On Behalf Of Sent: Friday, May 02, 2008 11:57 AM To: Subject: dvd/cd avi help HI I have an avi file i created audio and visual- a powerpoint+ music umm, I know I can burn CDs but then the cd does nothave the viedo on it only the audio I bought DVDs discs.. can I burn the avi file to a dvd? But uhhh dumb dumnb- how do Ik now if I have a dvd burner in mylaptop I can PLAy DVD's but can I make them? Or since the file has audio and video will it all burn to the dvd disc if I click write these files to a cd? I'm sorry I just do not know this stuff thank you Jean ( started my day with a bald eagle right at the road side Boy I rarely see them.) MD 1780 NICDASULLE ROAD SUITE 604 LEXINGTON , KY 40503 8592765566 FAMILY PRACTICE Steve Horvitz -- although I guess it doesn't matter since he no longer takes insurance. HORVITZ, STEVEN DO 128 BORTONS LANDING RD MOORESTOWN , NJ 08057 6092310590 FAMILY PRACTICE I put about 15 of us in the search engine. Only found a couple of us. Locke, MD From: Locke's in Colorado Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2008 8:26 AM To: Practice Management Issues Subject: [practicemgt] FW: Three Rivers Provider Network Physician Solicitation This issue was brought up on another list, but thought this list would benefit. Ignore faxes from TRPN -- see info below. One of the docs got an important sounding fax that requested they send in a bunch of info - tax id, etc. And while it wasn't a Nigerian e-mail scam, it might as well have been. The company has been sucking in doctors to their network via this e-mail scam. Further info below. Locke, MD ==================================== Sent: Monday, April 28, 2008 8:39 PM To: Subject: Three Rivers Provider Network Physician Solicitation Check out this google on them...yikes! http://tinyurl.com/5zb3cv Annie, you might want to make sure you aren't somehow accidently contracted with them and taking lower payments than you should. It would behoove us all to search ourselves and see if we are on the list. https://repricing.trpnppo.com/ProviderSearch.aspx Locke, MD More info below... http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/17552.html Alert: Three Rivers Provider Network Physician Solicitation e-mail story | print story The AMA has received numerous complaints from state medical associations about solicitations from Three Rivers Provider Network to physicians. These solicitations appear to be a routine request for a W-9, or a request for a National Provider Identification Number. In fact, if signed, it will result in the physician practice agreeing to be " in network " with Three Rivers and agreeing to accept 25% discounts off their fees. The AMA sent a letter (PDF, 245KB) to Three Rivers outlining its concerns about this solicitation and urging Three Rivers to make its contracting practices transparent. We encourage you to alert your practice staff to be on the lookout for these solicitations and to only sign the document the practice wishes to participate in the Three Rivers network. Read the AMA's letter to Three Rivers. (PDF, 245KB) http://www.naswnyc.org/Private%20practice%20committee/specialalert.html Special Alert For Private Practice Members - Three Rivers (October 2007) Earlier in the year, NASW-NYC began receiving complaints from its members in private practice about solicitations from Three Rivers Provider Network (TRPN, www.trpnppo.com), to elicit confidential information from them. After further investigation we also learned that members of the Medical Society of the State of New York were also experiencing the same concerns. With input from NASW-NYC's Private Practice Committee, the Chapter advocated and sent letters to the offices of NYS Attorney General Cuomo and Mr. R. Dinallo, Superintendent for the New York State Insurance Department, requesting a review of the business practices of Three Rivers Provider Network and the insurance companies it represents, including United Healthcare, among others. The letter expressed that our members have complained that they have received multiple " robo-call " telephone messages from TRPN asking for providers to share their IRS tax identification number and W9 along with other information. The Chapter communicated that members received as many as ten or twenty such messages, sometimes on a daily basis, which members found to be vague and, in some cases, intimidating, as it referred to IRS requirements. In addition, when some members responded by calling the number provided, the only option given was to submit their fax number; there was no opportunity to speak with a TRPN representative for information or clarification. There was no indication of who TRPN represented in neither the original robo-call nor the second message. Most clinicians had never before heard of TRPN and had no prior dealings with them; TRPN did not provide any indication of what insurance companies they were representing in this transaction. Some clinicians, misled by the original robo-call and the first paragraphs of the form to believe that in completing the form they were providing TRPN with a tax ID number to comply with IRS requirements, were later surprised to discover that in completing the form they had been enrolled to accept reduced fees for their services, which had not been what TRPN originally emphasized in their telephone robo-call. It appears that TRPN misled these clinicians into signing a managed care contract. When these clinicians discovered what had happened and found a way to contact TRPN, they were told that they must wait 90 days in order to be released from this contract, and, in the meantime, that they must accept the reduced insurance reimbursement. One clinician, who threatened to engage a lawyer, was immediately released from the contract; however, not everyone has this option. In its letter, NASW-NYC further expressed that the TRPN robo-call message and the subsequent letter from TRPN was confusing and resulted in clinicians feeling lured into unwittingly accepting a reduced fee for their services, and then making it unnecessarily difficult for them to withdraw from this arrangement. NASW-NYC called upon the Attorney General's Office and the NYS Insurance Department to take action to prevent TRPN and the insurance companies that they represent from continuing to solicit clinicians in this manner, to promptly release any clinicians who request to be released from the contract signed and to reimburse any clinicians who request reimbursement for the reduced insurance payments that they were paid. Since sending the letters, NASW-NYC has received responses from the NYS Attorney General indicating that they would be beginning a review with Three Rivers and from the State Insurance Department indicating that they would investigate the case. The Chapter will keep its membership updated as any new information becomes available. naswnyc@... Telephone: http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2007/06/04/bisb0604.htm Physicians say PPO network's fax masked 25% pay cut Organized medicine criticizes a W-9 request by Three Rivers Provider Network that also authorized lower reimbursement. By G. Bethely, AMNews staff. June 4, 2007. The AMA and several state medical societies are engaged in ongoing discussions with a PPO network that sent a fax to physicians that appeared to be a routine request for tax information -- but also bound physicians to having their reimbursement cut by 25%. San Diego-based Three Rivers Provider Network sent the fax to physicians who had treated member patients, but who were not part of any TRPN network. TRPN not only has direct contracts with physicians, but also rents networks from other PPOs -- a practice which organized medicine has criticized as a " silent PPO " because physicians never negotiate rates with a plan, yet find themselves in it because they have signed a deal with a PPO that has rented out its network to someone else. The TRPN fax noted that IRS regulations require that it " maintain a current taxpayer identification number on file for all providers of services, " and provided a fax number to which physicians could return the form. However, the TRPN fax also contained a paragraph stating that physicians would agree " payment of services will be 75% of provider's total billed charges for covered services. " Physicians would sign one form; there was no opportunity to opt out of or negotiate the cut. It's not uncommon for H. Rosenblum, MD, an ophthalmologist in Nashville, Tenn., to receive a random fax from an insurance company asking him to fill out a W-9, so when Dr. Rosenblum received the TRPN form, he said he signed the document without much hesitation. Several months later, while conducting a spot check of his claims receipts, Dr. Rosenblum noticed he wasn't getting his normal fee from the insurance companies with which he contracts. [...] ---You are currently subscribed to practicemgt as: lockek@... 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