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Originally Posted by TXMD2B
I don’t think that they should pay to fix medical mistakes like leaving instruments behind, but they should have to pay for the original necessary surgery.
Now the readmission sounds like robbery they have the doctors hands tied. It must be nice to be a government agency and be able to get services and not pay for them.
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thats the issue i have..when there has been a mistake like leaving a sponge the surgery to correct it is usually charged off and pts are not charged for it nor are insurnace companies but they use the premise that there was no rule to not bill to attach other stipulations to the rule like the readmission or not paying for complications.
the complications i am talking about are not leaving instruments behind..i am talking about an abscess/hematoma/wound infecxtion/ etc after surgery or fistula, perfing something and so on