boxcar
02-13-2012, 01:08 PM
This is potentially a huge story begging to break. Begging to be covered. Begging to see the light of day. I'm sure the LameStream Media will get on it any day now. :rolleyes:
Shock Claim: Whistle-Blower Says Planned Parenthood Clinics Defrauded Gov’t to Pay for Abortion-Related Services
Planned Parenthood continues to find itself in the midst of controversy. Karen Reynolds, a former employee at one of the organization’s Lufkin, Texas, clinics, has blown the whistle on an alleged multi-million-dollar billing scheme.
Reynolds, who worked as a health center assistant for the clinic from 1999 until 2009, claims that she was instructed to help the organization bring in optimal revenue by falsifying records. In the end, this purportedly enabled the organization to extract monies from Medicaid and the Women’s Health Program for services that were never granted.
But this gets even worse:
Another, more startling portion alleges that the organization billed the government for abortion services:
One notable example of this practice relates to PPGC policies for obtaining payment for abortion-related services. WHP, Medicaid, and some other government programs do not allow payment for abortion-related services including “follow-up visits” after an elective abortion procedure. The following is a direct quote from a staff meeting memorandum given to clinic employees
January 22, 2009:
POST AB VISITS: We must work these clients in! This visit is self-pay. Quote the self-pay price then ask if she needs any other services such as birth control. If she is interested, screen for WHP or Title XX and offer the WWE [Well Woman Exam]. If the client is getting on birth control make this the focus of the visit and put a note in the chief complaints that the client had a surgical or medical abortion “x” weeks ago.
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/shock-claim-whistle-blower-says-planned-parenthood-clinics-defrauded-govt-to-pay-for-abortion-related-services/
I also have to wonder why it's going to take over a year to get this case to court. Oh yeah....the elections. Almost forgot. :rolleyes:
Boxcar
Shock Claim: Whistle-Blower Says Planned Parenthood Clinics Defrauded Gov’t to Pay for Abortion-Related Services
Planned Parenthood continues to find itself in the midst of controversy. Karen Reynolds, a former employee at one of the organization’s Lufkin, Texas, clinics, has blown the whistle on an alleged multi-million-dollar billing scheme.
Reynolds, who worked as a health center assistant for the clinic from 1999 until 2009, claims that she was instructed to help the organization bring in optimal revenue by falsifying records. In the end, this purportedly enabled the organization to extract monies from Medicaid and the Women’s Health Program for services that were never granted.
But this gets even worse:
Another, more startling portion alleges that the organization billed the government for abortion services:
One notable example of this practice relates to PPGC policies for obtaining payment for abortion-related services. WHP, Medicaid, and some other government programs do not allow payment for abortion-related services including “follow-up visits” after an elective abortion procedure. The following is a direct quote from a staff meeting memorandum given to clinic employees
January 22, 2009:
POST AB VISITS: We must work these clients in! This visit is self-pay. Quote the self-pay price then ask if she needs any other services such as birth control. If she is interested, screen for WHP or Title XX and offer the WWE [Well Woman Exam]. If the client is getting on birth control make this the focus of the visit and put a note in the chief complaints that the client had a surgical or medical abortion “x” weeks ago.
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/shock-claim-whistle-blower-says-planned-parenthood-clinics-defrauded-govt-to-pay-for-abortion-related-services/
I also have to wonder why it's going to take over a year to get this case to court. Oh yeah....the elections. Almost forgot. :rolleyes:
Boxcar