Hurry Up And Wait Our Broken Medicare Appeal System

Download or read book Hurry Up and Wait: Our Broken Medicare Appeal System written by Bob Soltis and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2015-07-30 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Did you know the time for your healthcare provider's Medicare hearing has skyrocketed from the Congressionally mandated three months to over three years? Did you want to know why the good ship OMHA has been swamped? Did you know the crisis affects all of us, and that we must act now before the 2016 budget is passed? Would it surprise you that the bill pending in Congress to address the backlog of over 600,000 cases - the AFIRM (Audit & Appeal Fairness, Integrity and Reforms in Medicare Act) is not a panacea? Do you want straight talk from a former ALJ about what's going on at Medicare (CMS) and in the Office of the Chief Judge? Can you imagine a system that works for us, not for ""them?"" A portion of the proceeds are donated to worthy causes, such as the Center for Medicare Advocacy. Note: You can buy a book without setting up a Lulu account. Thank you.