....I am very familiar with one state’s Medicaid program - there was a marked increase in billings from podiatrists for foot surgery claims for
procedures done on Medicaid recipients residing in nursing homes...it turned out that a huge number of these claims for really for trimming these recipients’ toenails, and not true foot surgeries....this happens all the time, apparently...
My aunt was in a nursing home.
In early January a podiatrist came in to treat each resident’s feet.