The Legislative Breakfast Was…

Barry Perlman addressing guests and DB members.  JS Photo Successful!!  Influential people abounded, our members were articulate and focused and one of the numerous public servants was the Commissioner of Community Mental Health, our own Grant Mitchell, MD, a psychiatrist and DB member.

Uh-Oh! Medicare Collection Agency to Seek Money Back.

The lawfirm of Kern, Augustine, Conroy & Schoppmann, P.C., who have represented the Westchester Medical Society sent us this Medicare Finance Alert It appears that Medicare has launched a national program utilizing outside collection agencies to get money back from hospitals and physicians. The program will use sophisticated computer analysis and chart reviews, and hopes to bring in …