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To: planekT
"No doctor in his right mind would have stated that Terri had 6 months or less to live."

Actually, she had much less than that.

Terri was placed in a hospice soon after Judge Greer ordered her feeding tube removed. She had every right to be there.

Who's fault was it that she remained there for five years? Who was filing lawsuit after lawsuit after lawsuit?

(Hint: It wasn't Michael, or Felos, or Judge Greer.)

384 posted on 06/21/2005 4:52:27 PM PDT by robertpaulsen
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To: robertpaulsen



"Whose fault was it that she remained there for 5 years"

Woodside Hospice is at fault since they accepted her with the feeding tube already in if they were billing Medicare. That would be fraud.

Medicare would not have accepted her for hospice because PVS is not a billable diagnosis.

Now, can you tell me if she was on Medicare, or did this come out of her own pocket?

I think there is a good chance it was the former, since Suncoast owes over 14 million in fraudulent Medicare charges.

If you can shed more light on that, have at it.




385 posted on 06/21/2005 5:21:34 PM PDT by planekT (Suncoast is toast.)
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To: robertpaulsen

...Terri was placed in a hospice soon after Judge Greer ordered her feeding tube removed....

Show me where a court order to remove a feeding tube qualifies a patient for Hopice under Medicare guidelines.

Aren't court orders subject to appeal unless it is one from the U.S. Supreme Court?

Be mighty short sighted of our government (Medicare) to ignore that possibility, not to mention the Hospice.

In addition, to bill Medicare, it requires three signatures. The attending physician, the patient or legal guardian, and the Hospice.

Show me the proper signatures and then you can say she had every right to be there, as you claim.

I don't think you're going to be able to do that.


386 posted on 06/21/2005 6:42:33 PM PDT by planekT (Suncoast is toast.)
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