Is anyone else seeing Medicare not pay for prior auth stuff now?
Last year #medicare approved #Botox for #migraines after two hospital admissions where they were billed about $25,000 each.
I guess they figured preventative measures at $5000 a pop would be better than $50,000 in a summer. I had this procedure 20 years ago and after the third round of shots it lasted almost a year and it was amazing.
This time my first round was in December, my second round was in February, I was supposed to get the third set in April but they kept postponing it. I assumed it was a staffing problem. Then I looked at my EOB.
Medicare had paid them NOTHING. I am shocked & I think they are too.
I get financial aid at this hospital so regardless I donβt have to pay, but I also donβt want the Hospital system I appreciate and depend on getting ripped off for $10,000 worth of bills.
I would be freaking out right now if I had this procedure at pain management because that would mean I would be shut off from pain management if I was unable to pay this $10,000.
Maybe itβs just me, but please be warned. It doesnβt seem like having a prior authorization matters much anymore. If you qualify for Hospital financial aid please apply now before they stop giving it out.
I donβt know what to do about this but I canceled my next appointment. They keep moving it anyway I assume they want to make sure theyβre going to get paid before they do it again. I donβt even think itβs helping anyway. These are menstrual related migraines not tension headaches triggering migraines.
I sent them a message and I asked them if I should be appealing this before itβs too late. I think I only get 120 days to appeal. Concord Hospital Nurology is so awful Iβll never go there again but I still donβt want them getting ripped off.
Anyone know how to get a Keyspan USA-28X USB to two port 8-pin serial adapter to work with a Raspberry Pi? It shows up under lsusb but says "no firmware." I'm guessing these needed to have firmware uploaded to them when they were plugged in?
I found an 11 year old Github repo that has Keyspan firmware, but maybe it needs to be compiled in a new kernal?
Anyone done this before?
Update! Simply copy the *.fw files to /lib/firmware/keyspan/
I don't think this needs to be compiled. The Keyspan package seems to be absent from Debian. Here is another repo: github.com/RasppleII/keyspan-f⦠You should be able to either build a dpkg out of this, or just dump the .fw files wherever Debian puts firmware...
On my system the driver modules will automatically get firmware from /lib/firmware. I *think* this is a standard thing, but not sure. I had a keyspan USB-serial adapter which did a firmware load when Linux spotted it but I no longer have it so I can't jog my memory that way. I do have other stuff that needs firmware uploading to it, for instance my wifi adapter, but again, the module just grabs it from a pile of firmware in /lib/firmware
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There's been simular findings for multiple different countries, including here in Britain. Overwhelmingly, people migrate to better themselves and their families, and that means keeping their noses clean and working hard. Immigrants here pay more in taxes and use public services less.
Yet the far-right everywhere portray newcomers as criminals, potential terrorists, and burden on the state.
#Ireland - The rise of repair cafes: βItβs not sustainable to keep buying new stuffβ A resurgent repair culture has a bottom-up energy, but change is also coming from the top, with the EUβs Right to Repair Directive
by Sylvia Thompson Mon Jan 20 2025 - 05:00
"At repair cafes across the island of Ireland, volunteers fix small pieces of furniture, household electrical appliances and clothing at community venues for free. This movement, which started about 10 years ago β but stalled during the Covid-19 pandemic β is gathering pace again as a kickback against the perils of #overconsumption and as a response to #environmental and cost-of-living crises.
"Tomorrow afternoon, in an industrial unit in #Dublin12, a repair cafe will take place, a community event in which a group of volunteer fixers will repair everything from broken toasters, kettles, coffee machines and air fryers to garments needing new zips or buttons.
"The #DublinMakerRepairCafe in Unit 2B, Motor City, Kylemore Road, #Dublin 12, is one of a number of repair cafe gatherings held throughout the island. Volunteer #fixers also show up for repair events organised in "#CommunityCentres, #libraries and third-level colleges.
" 'Iβd do a repair cafe every weekend if I had enough volunteers. I canβt meet the demand from libraries, county councils and community groups,' says Jeffrey Roe, a software and hardware engineer who also runs Tog Hackerspace, which hosts the D12 repair cafes four times a year.
"He says there are three types of people who turn up with broken items to be repaired for free at these community events.
" 'There are the environmentally conscious people who want to get things fixed rather than consume more valuable resources by purchasing new things,' says Roe. 'There are people who want things fixed for sentimental reasons β say a food mixer their mother used or a toy they played with that they want to give to their children. And then, there are the cost-conscious people who find the cost of getting something new too high.' "
ROFL! Nobody is collecting Trump's tariffs at the ports due to technical glitch
Thanks to a technical glitch, Donald Trumpβs tariffs havenβt even been collected at U.S. ports.
On Friday, U.S. Customs and Border Protection reported that an entry code in the U.S. system for American ships to use to have their freight exempted from tariffs isnβt working, and βthe issue is being reviewed.β As a result, no tariffs are being collected by the U.S. government for the time being.
I know I keep banging on about not bringing your phone to protests. Hereβs one reason why: if these devices are 20 years old, imagine the tech they have now.
This grabs your number, IMEI, and likely IDFA / AAID. With that, any agency can go to the phone company and get a dump of the numbers you called and everywhere youβve taken your phone for the past two weeks minimum.
Tomorrow it will be two weeks until the Canadian federal election. I wish more Canadian voters understood that with a dictatorship south of the border, we are on the front lines for the fight to preserve democracy. We canβt afford boutique voting or single issue doctrinal purity. There is never a perfect choice in who to vote for, but the only issue that matters is electing a government that will not bend the knee to Trump. If we screw tht issue up, all other issues become moot. #cdnpoli
I had to mute someone the other day (my first reflex was block, but I later wakes that back) who was suggested that voting for the least-likely to win candidate was βsending a messageβ. This person was a member of a vulnerable community that will absolutely suffer under a Conservative regime.
There is no message in throwing away your vote!!!
If you want to send a message to your preferred party, talk to them. Reach out to your candidate, get involved with the party, volunteer.
@Crispius Well, it's sending the message that you aren't politically astute for one thing. We have three parties of any consequence in Canada, Liberals, Reform er I mean Conservatives, and the NDP. As much as I appreciate the Green Party and their dedication to the environment, I don't know if they have the ability to deal with all the other issues. Maybe locally, but not on a national level. Not voting for the main three is a waste of a vote, you might as well mail it to Santa...
North Carolina's request for FEMA to extend full reimbursement for damages caused by Hurricane Helene has been denied, sparking disappointment and concern from state officials.
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"One Traveller reader has vowed never to return to the US after he was detained last month for eight hours at New Yorkβs John F. Kennedy airport, while his laptop and smartphone were examined by US border guards. He was finally deported back to Australia.
His βcrimeβ? Taking a more circuitous route to the US to save on his airfare, though he stresses he was not accused of any actual βwrongdoingβ."
Don't visit the USA. Other, more tolerant countries are available.
One Australian traveller says heβs now $15,000 out of pocket after being denied entry to the US after βenhanced vettingβ. His crime? Choosing a cheap fare.
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Traffic Noise Provokes βRoad Rageβ In Male GalΓ‘pagos Warblers
Yellow warblers near busy roads become increasingly aggressive when traffic drowns out their territorial songs, and noise pollution could trigger fights.
A cleaning company grabbed global attention by transforming a dam into a giant art installation using only pressure washers. German cleaning equipment company KΓ€rcher teamed up with a Japanese team to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Iwaya River Dam in Saga Prefecture, Japan. Together, they created a massive Godzilla artwork by using high-pressure washers to carefully strip away years of dirt and grime from the damβs concrete surface. They began on 11/ 4 and wrapped up by 11/22.
The stopper in the lid of my carafe is stuck. Several grown adults have failed to get it out. Weβve tried twisting it, poking it, hitting it and heating it. Weβve tried reasoning with it, pleading with it and shouting at it. Itβs as if thereβs a black hole inside that is sucking it sealed. It is clearly an impossible task. Which means someone in the Fediverse probably knows how to do it.
Update: Problem solved, thanks to your suggestions. Thank you! Yiz are brilliant.
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then they would be fortunate. There are plenty of reasons to be skeptical of how we are educating a generation into debt *and* it would be great if those critics wanted to improve education, not just tear the system down.
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in reply to Foxes in Love • • •That's a real thing, I have the same problem.
It's even more of a problem in Finland because everything is so quiet.
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