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Comments :: WakeMed to pay $8M to end Medicare fraud investigation

WakeMed to pay $8M to end Medicare fraud investigation


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What is the difference being in a hospital bed during the day and being in the hospital at night. You are receiving treatment. So there should be no charge for the bed during the day but it is ok to charge at night. I dont work for a motel or a hospital but I think charging for the bed is reasonable.
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December 21, 2012 4:12 p.m.
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If you are in a bed you need to pay. Most motels have gotten away from renting rooms by the hour. Do you have any idea as to the hundreds of people who go to the hospital and cant pay anything? They have to charge enough from the rich in order to care for the poor.
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December 21, 2012 9:07 a.m.
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Bill I guess no one will be punished or fired at Wake Med because you knew what was taken place you crook!! I hope other insurance groups follow and uncover shady billing practices in this hospital. The punishment should be pd by Mr Bill and his high bonus needs to come to a end.
kurtsdollarbill
December 20, 2012 1:50 p.m.
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Wake Med must be alot like UBS to big to jail. Just get your money back plus some and everything will be ok. But I bet if that was me who stole that kind of money I would be going to jail.
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December 20, 2012 1:37 p.m.
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Must be nice to just pay your way out of going to jail.
weasel2
December 20, 2012 12:27 p.m.
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The moral of the story is if you're going to steal, steal big.
tran
December 20, 2012 12:17 p.m.
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Wonder if other large hospitals are doing the same thing? After all, if it's due to complex Medicare rules, then either the billing folks at other hospitals are smarter or they are doing it too? What say ye Bill??
Wake1
December 20, 2012 11:25 a.m.
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Another example of no accountability. Isn't it amazing how clearly people see the need to educate differently and administer differently AFTER they are caught doing wrong?! Where was all this clear thinking while the wrongs were being done? Accountability has to live somewhere ... seems pretty hard to find at Wake Med.
TomInWakeForest
December 20, 2012 11:03 a.m.
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How else did you expect WakeMed to pay for all those "heart care" and "cancer care" radio and TV ads they are constantly pumping out?
norskagent
December 20, 2012 10:35 a.m.
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I am sure it is not a fun house in Accouting...but on the floor you have "slow walkingit."...nurses and cna's for the most part are moving...just do not be in the way when cafetaria opens...plenty of ways to lower costs and cutting ceo wages
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December 20, 2012 9:33 a.m.
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