NSC update: Score one for the little guy
By Theresa Flaherty, Managing Editor
Updated Wed February 24, 2010
I just got off the phone with a very-relieved Brad Watkins, a provider in Oregon who has been battling the NSC to get his billing number reinstated. Brad got word today from the industry's least-favorite agency telling them he has been reinstated and can bill retroactively back to Sept. 30.
He had to throw some weight around.
"In order for our app to get through NSC we had two congressional inquiries from our representative and a senator," said Watkins. "The same day I heard they were looking into our app is also when I heard from NSC asking for more info on our app."
Watkins doesn't have too much time to savor his victory. The NSC mess ensnared his Medicare Advantage business.
"They got wind of all this and sent out this horrible letter about us basically saying we committed Medicare fraud," he said.
Theresa Flaherty
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