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Originally Posted by miabellaamoure  Her husband, Jack had two coverages, Medicare as Primary and a Supplement (PPO) as Secondary. The hospital was a Medicare authorized facility although, the ER Attending Physician who cared for her husband was not.
Thus, Medicare denied payment to the ER Attending Physician because he was not an "authorized" provider of Medicare. |
That's the hospital's problem not the patients.
This happend to a co-worker too who stated the emergency
was an emergency who asks if the doc is covered by Medicare.
The hospital was responsible and covered it with a fight from
the family.