Comments on: Do you have a PokeyHontas? http://chiroeco.com/chiro-blog/reimbursement-rocks/2008/05/09/do-you-have-a-pokeyhontas/ Nuggets for Remittance and Remuneration Success Thu, 11 Dec 2008 12:58:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Amie Pennington http://chiroeco.com/chiro-blog/reimbursement-rocks/2008/05/09/do-you-have-a-pokeyhontas/comment-page-1/#comment-15 Amie Pennington Tue, 22 Jul 2008 23:24:26 +0000 http://chiroeco.com/chiro-blog/reimbursement-rocks/2008/05/09/do-you-have-a-pokeyhontas/#comment-15 I ran across this not long ago with a doctor that I work with. His OM had left the office for an extended period of time and was the only one with the keys to the safe. The only one with the pass word to get into the billing software. I went into this office and helped this doctor, get his safe open and his software open and had him set up as the administrator and had him delegate the access and passwords. We get the cash box out of the safe and the checking account stuff for deposits, and find this life long family friend and OM (their families had been freinds for years his and hers) had opened checking accounts in the doctors name and billed for visits on patients they had not even seen for 10 years and placed that money into the "un known checking accounts". This OM then transfered the money to her own accounts. This was the way the OM was paying for her new car every year, her 400,000 dollar house, her vactions to the bahamas, and everything else. This doctor was horrified as you can imagine. Not only did he loose a OM but what he thought was a friend. The OM's family of course would not have anything to do with the doctor's family after words either. Of course he notified the police and had to press charges. I agree with Kathy 100% doctor's should make it their business to know what's going on in their practice. I ran across this not long ago with a doctor that I work with. His OM had left the office for an extended period of time and was the only one with the keys to the safe. The only one with the pass word to get into the billing software. I went into this office and helped this doctor, get his safe open and his software open and had him set up as the administrator and had him delegate the access and passwords. We get the cash box out of the safe and the checking account stuff for deposits, and find this life long family friend and OM (their families had been freinds for years his and hers) had opened checking accounts in the doctors name and billed for visits on patients they had not even seen for 10 years and placed that money into the “un known checking accounts”. This OM then transfered the money to her own accounts. This was the way the OM was paying for her new car every year, her 400,000 dollar house, her vactions to the bahamas, and everything else. This doctor was horrified as you can imagine. Not only did he loose a OM but what he thought was a friend. The OM’s family of course would not have anything to do with the doctor’s family after words either. Of course he notified the police and had to press charges. I agree with Kathy 100% doctor’s should make it their business to know what’s going on in their practice.

]]> By: pwfzoomy67 http://chiroeco.com/chiro-blog/reimbursement-rocks/2008/05/09/do-you-have-a-pokeyhontas/comment-page-1/#comment-12 pwfzoomy67 Sat, 17 May 2008 12:20:57 +0000 http://chiroeco.com/chiro-blog/reimbursement-rocks/2008/05/09/do-you-have-a-pokeyhontas/#comment-12 Having tilted many windmills with insurance companies, I agree you need to really watch and know more than the people who are doing the decisionmaking. Nice Blog Kathy Having tilted many windmills with insurance companies, I agree you need to really watch and know more than the people who are doing the decisionmaking. Nice Blog Kathy

]]> By: KWV http://chiroeco.com/chiro-blog/reimbursement-rocks/2008/05/09/do-you-have-a-pokeyhontas/comment-page-1/#comment-11 KWV Mon, 12 May 2008 17:55:18 +0000 http://chiroeco.com/chiro-blog/reimbursement-rocks/2008/05/09/do-you-have-a-pokeyhontas/#comment-11 How original of a name PokeyHontas, leave it up to Kathy for sure! More importantly this should be showing everyone that there is a fine line of trust with anyone that works with and is involved in your finances. The ability to trust and to give all is a WONDERFUL situation, but you should ALWAYS have systems in place for EVERYTHING you do to provide the protection that you deserve. Of course, Kathy is the one to help you do that! How original of a name PokeyHontas, leave it up to Kathy for sure!

More importantly this should be showing everyone that there is a fine line of trust with anyone that works with and is involved in your finances.

The ability to trust and to give all is a WONDERFUL situation, but you should ALWAYS have systems in place for EVERYTHING you do to provide the protection that you deserve.

Of course, Kathy is the one to help you do that!

]]> By: RAFDC http://chiroeco.com/chiro-blog/reimbursement-rocks/2008/05/09/do-you-have-a-pokeyhontas/comment-page-1/#comment-6 RAFDC Mon, 12 May 2008 15:59:03 +0000 http://chiroeco.com/chiro-blog/reimbursement-rocks/2008/05/09/do-you-have-a-pokeyhontas/#comment-6 This is right on target. I dont know of a single doctor I have known that has gone through a change in insurance staff that hasn't been WOW'ed by what they found was done...or NOT done in many cases. Politics aside, we should learn from President Ronald Reagan when talking about the Soviets and disarmming. TRUST...but VERIFY! Same applies to staff...Trust they are doing the work but VERIFY like your livelyhood depends on it ..because it does...thanks! This is right on target. I dont know of a single doctor I have known that has gone through a change in insurance staff that hasn’t been WOW’ed by what they found was done…or NOT done in many cases. Politics aside, we should learn from President Ronald Reagan when talking about the Soviets and disarmming. TRUST…but VERIFY! Same applies to staff…Trust they are doing the work but VERIFY like your livelyhood depends on it ..because it does…thanks!

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