Comments on: Healthcare Update — 05-02-2011

By: DensityDuck

DensityDuck — Fri, 06 May 2011 17:43:52 +0000

If you don’t want Matt around you could try not replying to him.

By: Pattie, RN

Pattie, RN — Wed, 04 May 2011 17:43:47 +0000

WC…appreciate the medical news updates. I would never see most of these medico-legal updates due to my very full plate.

Is there ANY way to get Matt to STFU??? Not because I disagree (which I do, frankly) but because he is bboooorrrrringggggggg, redundant, and contributes nothing to the conversation~no matter what the conversation is about!!!

By: Ed

Ed — Wed, 04 May 2011 13:28:26 +0000

Represent yourself.
Right.

It would be feasible if the courts were not a lawyers fraternity.

Tell you what. Next time you are sick. Heal yourself.

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 04 May 2011 04:28:43 +0000

“See if you can rustle up some links about lawyers who have been sent to prison for overbilling, won’t you, Matt.”

There won’t be many – I’m surprised you found one. Overbilling a client is generally not a criminal act, unless you’re overbilling the government. It’s typically a private civil action for fraud or breach of contract, and thus not punishable with jail time. As the government pays approximately 1/2 of all medical costs, it’s not surprising there are far, far more cases of physicians being prosecuted criminally.

You continually fail to understand the difference between criminal and civil law.

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 04 May 2011 04:23:38 +0000

“My dealings with lawyers cost me more per hour, and I netted much less in return. (never in a legal defense mode, either.)”

So don’t hire them. Nothing prevents you from representing yourself.

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 04 May 2011 04:22:51 +0000

The lawyer got his clients a $3.4 billion settlement. He’s now (apparently, because there’s no link to his affidavit) arguing with the defendants over the fees for a case he started 15 years ago against the most powerful defendant there is – the US govt.

The doctors defrauded taxpayers only to their own benefit. Get the difference? Do you really think they’re comparable?

By: WhiteCoat

WhiteCoat — Wed, 04 May 2011 03:40:20 +0000

Gee. All the doctors got prosecuted and sent to prison for their fraud.
The lawyer will get slapped on the wrist and only allowed to bill $15 million. Oh, the aaaaa-go-ny.

See if you can rustle up some links about lawyers who have been sent to prison for overbilling, won’t you, Matt? I can find one case. The rest of the cases seem to be “bar probes” or clients suing to get their money back.

Add the 0.2 hours for research time to my bill … unless you’re Dennis Gingold [the lawyer from the article]. Then you can add 4 days and six hours to my bill.

By: Hueydoc

Hueydoc — Wed, 04 May 2011 03:10:44 +0000

Thus the old joke about the lawyer that dies and actually goes to heaven. When he gets there, there is a huge crowd waiting for him. When he asks why, Saint Peter tells him “Not only do we rarely see a lawyer here, but never have we seen one that was 180 years old !”.
The lawyer replies ” What ? I was only 68 years old when I died!”
Saint Peters holds his chin and thinks , then says ” I guess we must have gone by the hours you billed for !”

By: Hueydoc

Hueydoc — Wed, 04 May 2011 03:07:42 +0000

Only if it was a Death Match- and my money’s on WC !

By: Hueydoc

Hueydoc — Wed, 04 May 2011 03:06:23 +0000

They’ll smoke it, boil it out in their meth lab, etc….