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Tag Archives: fair hearing
Just another Friggin’ Hearing?
So I woke up this morning and immediately had to write a five-page statement to today’s administrative law judge. The government had been totally screwing me again and I had to put a stop to it. I was incarcerated—not treated, … Continue reading
From There to Here
As an advocate/activist, one of the things I’ve learned to do when I’m stuck is go back and follow up on all previous contacts. On Wednesday, July 24, I was stuck. I’d been sitting in an isolation room at Crouse for … Continue reading
Curing Depression, and Ain’t Payback a Bitch?
Several hundred of you have been following my problem with the Visiting Nurse Association (VNA), so let’s use it as a teaching moment. Follow the bouncing activist to learn how to effectively complain. I wrote up the story of how the … Continue reading
Posted in activism, advocacy, American medical industry, Depression, disability, Fraud, Government Services, Health Care, Medicaid, Medical care, Power
Tagged Amor Bango, complaint, CQC, democracy, Dept. of Social Services, disability, disability rights, DOE, DOH, fair hearing, Gail Carmichael, Health, health care, home health care agency, Kate Rolf, MAS, Medicaid, Medicaid Fraud Unit, Medical Answering Service, Nurse, NYS Commission on Quality of Care, NYS Dept. of Education, NYS Dept. of Health, NYS Office of the Medicaid Inspector General, OMIG, Onondaga County Dept. of Social Services, Onondaga County New York, patients, poverty, power, problem solving, Sharon Cwikla, Visiting Nurse Association, VNA, Zachery Karmen
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PUSH BACK
Because I am disabled I was eligible for a Supplemental Needs Trust from my mother’s estate. Her bequest to me had to go through five lawyers and a judge and, in the process, took ten percent of the inheritance (my … Continue reading
Posted in activism, disability rights, Government Services, Medicaid, Power, Powerlessness
Tagged abuse of power, boundaries, David Sutkowy, democracy, Dept. of Social Services, disability rights, DSS, fair hearing, Governance, government, judge, Kevin Grossman, law, lawyer, MAS, Medicaid, Medicaid Fraud, Medicaid transportation, Medical Answering Service, Onondaga County New York, policy, power, push back, regulation
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It’s Called Free Speech (Part II)
[Continued from 6/15/11] Last night I asked Susan if she had ever before had any trouble with Medicaid. She wasn’t sure. Upon further questioning, I learned that she’s not sure how long she’s been on Medicaid “this time”—she thinks it’s … Continue reading
Posted in activism, advocacy, disability, disability rights, God, Government Services, Medicaid, Poverty, Power, Values
Tagged Dept. of Social Services, disability, disability rights, DSS, fair hearing, free speech, God, Governance, Mark Bertozzi, MAS, Medicaid, Medicaid transportation, Medical Answering Services, Monroe County, Pat Schichler, poverty, power, problem solving, Republicans, Russell Maxwell, Tim Perry-Coon, Wayne Freeman
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Wayne Freeman’s At It Again
All you faithful readers will remember that Wayne Freeman is co-owner of Medical Answering Service (MAS). MAS is a private company that has gotten contracts in several New York State counties to provide dispatch services for Medicaid transportation. Wayne Freeman … Continue reading
Posted in activism, advocacy, disability, disability rights, Fraud, Government Services, Medicaid, Poverty, Power, Powerlessness
Tagged CIA, Corporate Integrity Agreement, David Sutkowy, Dept. of Social Services, disability, disability rights, DSS, fair hearing, MAS, Medicaid, Medicaid transportation, Medical Answering Service, Office of the Medicaid Inspector General, OMIG, Onondaga County, racism, Russell Maxwell, Wayne Freeman, Zachary Karmen
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Zachary Karmen, DSS Chief Welfare Attorney (Retired) (Part I)
In October 2005, I received a letter illegally kicking me off Medicaid transportation, signed by Zachary Karmen, Chief Welfare Attorney of the Onondaga County Dept. of Social Services. That was the first I’d ever heard of Mr. Karmen. Medicaid transportation was, … Continue reading
Posted in activism, advocacy, disability rights, Fraud, Government Services, Medicaid, Poverty, Power, Powerlessness, Values
Tagged Chief Welfare Attorney, Commissioner of Social Services, David Sutkowy, Dept. of Social Services, disability, disability rights, Div. of Purchasing, DSS, fair hearing, Governance, Kathy Hart, Legal Aid, Legislature, Medicaid, Medicaid Director, Medicaid transportation, NYS Dept. of Health, NYS Office of the Medicaid Inspector General, NYS Office of the Welfare Inspector General, OMIG, Onondaga County, Onondaga County New York, OWIG, poverty, power, problem solving, Russell Maxwell, values, Wayne Freeman, Zachary Karmen
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The Fairly Fair Fair Hearing (part I)
There are 70,000 Medicaid patients in Onondaga County. Medicaid transportation bills the state $8 million a year. Medicaid dispatch takes 350 ride orders a day. And the Dept. of Social Services (DSS) administration is spending mega-hours and mega-dollars to prevent … Continue reading
Posted in activism, advocacy, disability rights, Government Services, Power
Tagged Call-a-Bus, Centro, disability, disability rights, fair hearing, FTA Office of Civil Rights, Governance, Legal Aid, Medicaid, Medical Answering Services LLC, NYS Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance, NYS Office of the Medicaid Inspector General, Onondaga County Dept. of Social Services, Onondaga County New York, OTDA, paratransit, power, Wayne Freeman, Welfare attorney, Zachary Karmen
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Anne C Woodlen: Notes in Passing 