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Wednesday, December 5, 2012

Jr must be included

A whole slew of Medicare claims are rejecting if the last name does not include the "Jr" that the patient may or may not have on his Medicare ID card. Really? This level of nitpicking is unprecedented.

I really will laugh the loudest when they start denying procedures and hospitalizations left and right. It's coming. I, for one, am glad. The abuses that people inflict on Medicare, "I paid into it so I have a right to have this". Dude, it's not your personal account. It's not your personal property. It's an entitlement conferred onto you by the largesse of the US govt.