I believe that my husband and I experienced unnecessary stress because of a partnership between the nursing home he went to for rehab and a business called Medicaid Done Right (MDR). The details can be found under my profile, so I won't rehash them here. I firmly believe that if this partnership had not existed, things would have gone a lot smoother. The thing about these types of partnerships is that they are forged to help the business entities involved; the patients' interests are secondary. And although I have not experienced this personally, I am not a fan of nursing homes partnering with hospices. I believe, from posts from around the internet, that people are led to believe that they have no choice but to use the hospice that the nursing home is partnered with, and that is not true. I think protections need to be implemented so that patients and their families are told that healthcare business #1 has entered into a business agreement with healthcare business #2 because it mutually benefits THEM and that you, the patient or patient's representative, are under no obligation to use the services of the partnered business.
P.S. - Since I've named MDR but not the nursing home involved in my story, I feel obligated to state that the nursing home is the entity that really did my husband and I wrong, in particular the business office manager. He couldn't have done what he did without the MDR partnership but I do not believe that they were involved in any of his shenanigans.
You are not a first on this Forum to mention then and to have been sort of talked out of a few grand to them.
Some instances the elder in care had no idea and the POAs and friends were shocked to later learn of it.
Advice for you is on this site:
Go up to the blue timeline and move your cursor right to the "search bar" and type in "Medicaid Done Right" and you are going to see former posters, all about this, and WHAT THEY DID ABOUT IT to get the charges removed, more importantly.
Thanks for bringing this up AGAIN. We need to stay on our toes and keep outing this.
So Medicaid Done Right... is this only in certain states? Is it a service that helps people apply for Medicaid?
Can you describe what the "shenanigans" were that happened (and you said it was mostly the NH business office manage so not sure why you're here insinuating that Medicaid Done Right did something wrong?)
Can you please clarify your post? More details and specifics?
Also, I recommend it be moved to Discussions since you're seeking to start a conversation about consumer protection regarding NHs and entities like MDR.