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Wednesday 2 April 2014

Posted on April 2, 2014 by annecwoodlen

The sun is shining. THE SUN IS SHINING. THE FREAKING SUN IS SHINING—DO YOU HEAR ME? Seriously amazing. The temperature is 52 degrees, the crocuses are blooming, the tulips are sprouting, and the snow piles in the corners of parking … Continue reading →

Posted in Alternative therapies, Fraud, God, Government Services, Medicaid, Medicare, Onondaga County, Poverty, power wheelchairs, Transportation, Values | Tagged Able Medical, ComCast, Customer service, Frank Taddeo, God, Jeff Unaitis, Medicaid Fraud, Medical Answering Service, reiki, spring, Time Warner, Wayne Freeman, wheelchair repair | Leave a comment

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

PUSH BACK

Posted on February 5, 2012 by annecwoodlen

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 | Leave a comment

What Gives You the Authority? (Part I)

Posted on November 18, 2011 by annecwoodlen

One day, several years ago, I called Medical Answering Services (MAS), which has the contract to dispatch Medicaid transportation in a lot of NYS counties, and I asked for a ride to my doctor. The MAS call-taker responded with “What … Continue reading →

Posted in activism, advocacy, Fraud, Government Services, Medicaid, Poverty, Power | Tagged abuse of power, confidentiality, David Sutkowy, DSS, Governance, Greg Allen, HIPAA, MAS, Medicaid, Medicaid transportation, Medical Answering Service, Onondaga County New York, poor people, poverty, power, privacy, values, Wayne Freeman | 3 Comments

“The Problem is the System that Dispenses the Services” (Part II)

Posted on September 21, 2011 by annecwoodlen

(Continued from 9/20) The Medicaid recipient has to apply for Medicaid transportation and be approved in general, then each specific ride has to be approved individually. Why has the approval process been dumped from Medicaid and put in the hands … Continue reading →

Posted in activism, advocacy, American medical industry, Government Services, Medicaid, Medical care, Poverty, Power | Tagged 911, ambulette, appropriate, Conditions and Diseases, Decision making, Dept. of Health, disability, Emergency department, Emergency medicine, Gregory Allen, Health, health care, MAS, Medicaid, Medicaid transportation, Medical Answering Service, nurses, NYS DOH, Onondaga County New York, patients, poverty, power, Tim Perry-Coon, wheelchair van | Leave a comment

“The Problem is the System that Dispenses the Services”

Posted on September 20, 2011 by annecwoodlen

When last we met on “I Alone Am Left To Tell You” (https://annecwoodlen.wordpress.com/2011/09/17/i-alone-am-left-to-tell-you/) the problem was that I needed to go to the Emergency Dept. for what turned out to be an abscessed tooth but Medical Answering Services, the local … Continue reading →

Posted in activism, advocacy, Fraud, Government Services, Medicaid, Poverty, power wheelchairs | Tagged 911, ambulance, ambulette, Dept. of Social Services, disability, DOH, Emergency department, Emergency service, ER, Gregory Allen, health care, Mark Bertozzi, MAS, Medicaid, Medicaid transportation, Medical, Medical Answering Service, NYS Dept. of Health, Onondaga County New York, poverty, power, Tim Perry-Coon, Wayne Freeman | Leave a comment

It’s Called Free Speech (Part I)

Posted on June 15, 2011 by annecwoodlen

Mark Bertozzi just called me. Who is Mark Bertozzi? In that thing about the government “of, by and for the people” he’s the “by” part. Mark talked to me for four minutes. Then, when I asked if he would listen to … Continue reading →

Posted in activism, advocacy, disability, disability rights, God, Government Services, Medicaid, Poverty, Power, Values | Tagged advocate, Central New York, citizen, democracy, Dept. of Social Services, dignity, disability, disability rights, DSS, God, government, HIPAA, integrity, Mark Bertozzi, MAS, Medicaid, Medicaid transportation, Medical Answering Service, NYS Dept. of Heatlh, poverty, power, problem solving, respect, Tim Perry-Coon, Wayne Freeman | 2 Comments

Wayne Freeman’s At It Again

Posted on June 9, 2011 by annecwoodlen

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 | Leave a comment

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

Posted on February 11, 2011 by annecwoodlen

I am still being subjected to retaliation and retribution by the county, and I’m tired of it. OMIG says they can’t do anything about it, so I start talking to legislators. Sam Laguzza says he will have a hearing—or at least a … Continue reading →

Posted in activism, advocacy, disability rights, Fraud, Government Services, Medicaid, Poverty, Power, Values | Tagged Ann Rooney, CIA, citizen, Corporate Integrity Agreement, County Comptroller, County Executive, disability rights, Governance, John Mariani, Kathy Hart, MAS, Maxwell School, Medicaid, Medicaid Fraud, Medicaid transportation, Medical Answering Service, Monroe County, Office of the Medicaid Inspector General, OMIG, Onondaga County New York, Post-Standard, retaliation, retribution, Robert Antonacci, Rochester, Sam Laguzza, Stan Linhorst, The Syracuse Newspapers, Wayne Freeman, whistleblower, Zachary Karmen | Leave a comment

Under Cover of Darkness: Corruption in Onondaga County Government (Part III)

Posted on January 10, 2011 by annecwoodlen

At this point I was so sick that I was going to doctors several times a week—pulmonary, nephrology, neurology, psychiatry (this is making me nuts), physical therapy and nutrition—I’m locked in the damn system, trying to get healthy, and I … Continue reading →

Posted in activism, advocacy, disability, Fraud, God, Government Services, Medicaid, Poverty, Power, Values | Tagged ACLU, Corruption, David Sutkowy, Dept. of Social Services, DSS Commissioner, freedom of speech, Holy Bible, Kathy Hart, Kathy Rapp, MAS, Medicaid transportation, Medical Answering Service, Onondaga County, Onondaga County Legislature, Republican Party, surveillance, Syracuse Newspapers, Wayne Freeman | Leave a comment

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