Tag Archives: Medicaid Fraud Unit

Curing Depression, and Ain’t Payback a Bitch?

Posted on August 14, 2012 by annecwoodlen

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 | 4 Comments

Zachary Karmen, DSS Chief Welfare Attorney (Retired) (Part VII)

Posted on February 16, 2011 by annecwoodlen

The government is supposed to do only what cannot be done by the people individually, e.g., fight foreign wars, maintain the Thruway, and support a nursing home for the indigent. Otherwise, the government is supposed to leave the people alone. It is … Continue reading →

Posted in activism, advocacy, Fraud, Government Services, Medicaid, Poverty, Power, Values | Tagged Ann Rooney, Chief Welfare Attorney, Civil Service, County Executive, David Sutkowy, democracy, Dept. of Social Services, Div. of Purchasing, DSS, Governance, Joanne Mahoney, John Mulroy, Medicaid, Medicaid Fraud Unit, Medicaid transportation, Nick Pirro, Onondaga County, Onondaga County New York, Paula Engel, Post-Standard, poverty, power, Republican Party, Stephen A. Rogers, Stephen Rogers, The Syracuse Newspapers, values, Wayne Freeman, Zachary Karmen | Leave a comment

Zachary Karmen, DSS Chief Welfare Attorney (Retired) (Part VI)

Posted on February 14, 2011 by annecwoodlen

Continuation of letter to DSS Commissioner David Sutkowy regarding attorney Zachary Karmen’s surveillance of disabled people and home health aides working through Enable and ARISE: Now Mr. Karmen has taken another step toward criminalizing the most frighteningly poor people in our society: … Continue reading →

Posted in activism, advocacy, disability, disability rights, Fraud, Government Services, Medicaid, Poverty, Power, Values | Tagged ARISE, Barrie Gewanter, Chief Welfare Attorney, Civil Liberties Union, county legislator, David Sutkowy, democracy, Dept. of Social Services, disability, disability rights, DSS, DSS Commissioner, Enable, Governance, home health aide, Medicaid, Medicaid Fraud Unit, Medicaid transportation, Medify, NYCLU, Onondaga County New York, Thomas Buckel, Zachary Karmen | Leave a comment

Zachary Karmen, DSS Chief Welfare Attorney (Retired) (Part V)

Posted on February 13, 2011 by annecwoodlen

Excerpts of my letter were read at the Disabled In Action committee meeting with lawyers, county legislators, David Sutkowy and Zachary Karmen in attendance: Dear Commissioner Sutkowy, I am requesting that you immediately direct Chief Welfare Attorney Zachery Karmen to stop misusing … Continue reading →

Posted in activism, advocacy, disability rights, Fraud, Government Services, Medicaid, Poverty, Power, Values | Tagged abuse of power, ARISE, CDPAP, Chief Welfare Attorney, Commissioner of Social Services, consumer directed personal assistant program, County Legislators, David Sutkowy, democracy, Dept. of Social Services, disability, DSS, Enable, Governance, Long Term Care Resource Center, Medicaid, Medicaid Fraud Unit, Medicaid transportation, Medical Answering Services, Medical Management Technology Group, Medify, MMTG, Monica Williams, Onondaga County New York, poverty, problem solving, Thomas Buckel, Zachary Karmen | Leave a comment

Zachary Karmen, DSS Chief Welfare Attorney (Retired) (Part IV)

Posted on February 12, 2011 by annecwoodlen

On December 22, 2009, Wayne Freeman and Russell Maxwell signed a Corporate Integrity Agreement with the NYS Office of the Medicaid Inspector General and were required to pay $80,000 back to the New York State taxpayers. The CIA was a 27-page … Continue reading →

Posted in activism, advocacy, disability rights, Fraud, Government Services, Medicaid, Poverty, Power, Values | Tagged ARISE, Attorney Grievance Committee, Barrie Gewanter, CDPAP, Chief Welfare Attorney, CIA, Civil Liberties Union, consumer directed personal assistant program, Corporate Integrity Agreement, County Executive, County Legislators, County Legislature, David Sutkowy, Dept. of Social Services, DSS, Enable, Fifth Judicial District, Kathy Hart, MAS, Medicaid, Medicaid Fraud Unit, Medicaid transportation, Medical Anwersing Services, Michael Schwartz, Monica Williams, NYCLU, Office of the Medicaid Inspector General, OMIG, Onondaga County New York, Russell Maxwell, S.U. Law School, Thomas Buckel, Wayne Freeman, Zachary Karmen | Leave a comment

And the People say “HOO-RAH!” (Part III)

Posted on November 10, 2010 by annecwoodlen

The Commissioner of Social Services verbally wanders around some more, and goes back to the fraud cases against home health aides that were identified, investigated and prosecuted. He makes it sound like a substantial portion of the target group has … Continue reading →

Posted in activism, advocacy, disability, disability rights, Fraud, Government Services, Health Care, Poverty, Power | Tagged ACLU, aides, ARISE, Barrie Gewanter, CDPAP, CNYCLU, consumer directed personal assistant program, David Sutkowy, democracy, Dept. of Social Services, disability, disability rights, Disabled In Action, Enable, fraud, Governance, health care, home health aides, Medicaid, Medicaid Fraud Unit, Onondaga County, patients, power, problem solving, Sally Johnston, Thomas Buckel, Zachary Karmen | Leave a comment

And the People Say “HOO-RAH” (part II)

Posted on November 8, 2010 by annecwoodlen

After I have set the stage with a few facts about the Medicaid Fraud Unit’s surveillance of us, the people with disabilities gathered around the table at Enable tell their stories: Judy tells a somewhat confused story about her aide, … Continue reading →

Posted in activism, advocacy, disability, disability rights, Fraud, Government Services, Poverty, Power | Tagged aides, CDPAP, Consumer Directed Personal Assistance, David Sutkowy, democracy, Dept. of Social Services, disability, disability rights, Enable, Governance, home health aides, Medicaid, Medicaid Fraud Unit, Onondaga County, patients, power, problem solving, Zachary Karmen | Leave a comment