I am a former customer of this scam packed company. I was advised by my atty this week to put a lot of space between my practice and these scumbags. I would advise any physician wanting to avoid a knock on the door from the FEDS to stay away from this company.
So, buying a 8 dollar cup performing a screen that pays 20- approx 150( Medicaid vs private) then sending to ML to confirm all results ( positive AND negative results) for all patients is what's best for your patients?I want whats best for my patients. Had i known that serious criminal wrong doing was taking place, I never would have become a customer of this trashy lab. Bad people.
So, buying a 8 dollar cup performing a screen that pays 20- approx 150( Medicaid vs private) then sending to ML to confirm all results ( positive AND negative results) for all patients is what's best for your patients?
I just got a letter from the FEDS asking me about over testing with these scum bags. Now my ass in hot water for listening to my milliennium rep.
Must have left AIT for big bucks, no whammy's! i guess he got whammied!The lab you left for them tried to tell you this was an issue. I wish all the docs would have investigated this further before jumping on the "free money" bandwagon.
I worked there for about 10 months. It was by far the worst place I have ever worked for. Management is horrible! People were getting fired daily. The HR Dept is a joke. I finally found another job... was will to take whatever came along just to get out! They pay really low, however they do offer 100% medical to employee and family....
I would RUN away if you have any other options!
Besides the issue of the test kits for screening, I am told that the confirmatory quantitative tests (chromatography) are being billed with multiple procedure codes (5+) and multiple units (5-10 per procedure code) on the same day test, on the same single specimen. This generates a ton of billing . . .but is it appropriate??
It's very appropriate for the lab's bottom line. As to medical necessity, good science, the health care system in general, and your patients -- that's another story.
IF Millenium didn't cave into the pressures of allowing physicians to bill for screening, you wouldn't be asking this question. Any company cannot survive doing positive screen confirmations only. You have to be able to clear 170+ per specimen for a company to make any money.
IF Millenium didn't cave into the pressures of allowing physicians to bill for screening, you wouldn't be asking this question. Any company cannot survive doing positive screen confirmations only. You have to be able to clear 170+ per specimen for a company to make any money.
