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Kristen Bell

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The Journal.
Medicare, Inc. Part 1: How Insurers Make Billions From Medicare

But what you really need to work on is, you know, the testing that we're trying to deliver to the patients. And I said, look, you know, if somebody is asymptomatic. You know, you don't test somebody for everything if they come into the hospital. You test them for what they're having difficulties with. She said to me, Kristen, we're not billing for any of this. Just do the testing. Just do it.

The Journal.
Medicare, Inc. Part 1: How Insurers Make Billions From Medicare

And I was like, okay.

The Journal.
Medicare, Inc. Part 1: How Insurers Make Billions From Medicare

And I was like, okay.

The Journal.
Medicare, Inc. Part 1: How Insurers Make Billions From Medicare

And I was like, okay.

The Journal.
Medicare, Inc. Part 1: How Insurers Make Billions From Medicare

So that's when I was like, ah, that's kind of sketchy. You know, there's something going on here.

The Journal.
Medicare, Inc. Part 1: How Insurers Make Billions From Medicare

So that's when I was like, ah, that's kind of sketchy. You know, there's something going on here.

The Journal.
Medicare, Inc. Part 1: How Insurers Make Billions From Medicare

So that's when I was like, ah, that's kind of sketchy. You know, there's something going on here.

The Journal.
Medicare, Inc. Part 1: How Insurers Make Billions From Medicare

So for example, if somebody has diabetes and I look in their eyes and I see cataracts, I would put cataracts as a diagnosis, but then they would throw it back at me and say, no, no, no, no, it's diabetes with diabetic cataracts, even though I didn't know if the diabetes caused the cataracts. Well, we know that the person has diabetes and just kind of do it.

The Journal.
Medicare, Inc. Part 1: How Insurers Make Billions From Medicare

So for example, if somebody has diabetes and I look in their eyes and I see cataracts, I would put cataracts as a diagnosis, but then they would throw it back at me and say, no, no, no, no, it's diabetes with diabetic cataracts, even though I didn't know if the diabetes caused the cataracts. Well, we know that the person has diabetes and just kind of do it.

The Journal.
Medicare, Inc. Part 1: How Insurers Make Billions From Medicare

So for example, if somebody has diabetes and I look in their eyes and I see cataracts, I would put cataracts as a diagnosis, but then they would throw it back at me and say, no, no, no, no, it's diabetes with diabetic cataracts, even though I didn't know if the diabetes caused the cataracts. Well, we know that the person has diabetes and just kind of do it.

The Journal.
Medicare, Inc. Part 1: How Insurers Make Billions From Medicare

The quanta flow is kind of like a pulse oximeter that gets put on each foot and each hand, and then they compare the hand to the feet. And what we're looking for is, is there decreased blood flow to the feet?

The Journal.
Medicare, Inc. Part 1: How Insurers Make Billions From Medicare

The quanta flow is kind of like a pulse oximeter that gets put on each foot and each hand, and then they compare the hand to the feet. And what we're looking for is, is there decreased blood flow to the feet?

The Journal.
Medicare, Inc. Part 1: How Insurers Make Billions From Medicare

The quanta flow is kind of like a pulse oximeter that gets put on each foot and each hand, and then they compare the hand to the feet. And what we're looking for is, is there decreased blood flow to the feet?

The Journal.
Medicare, Inc. Part 1: How Insurers Make Billions From Medicare

It was a one data point diagnosis, right? Which isn't necessarily a good way to diagnose anything. But at that split second, if the quanta flow said that the person had peripheral artery disease, at that split second, they had peripheral artery disease.

The Journal.
Medicare, Inc. Part 1: How Insurers Make Billions From Medicare

It was a one data point diagnosis, right? Which isn't necessarily a good way to diagnose anything. But at that split second, if the quanta flow said that the person had peripheral artery disease, at that split second, they had peripheral artery disease.

The Journal.
Medicare, Inc. Part 1: How Insurers Make Billions From Medicare

It was a one data point diagnosis, right? Which isn't necessarily a good way to diagnose anything. But at that split second, if the quanta flow said that the person had peripheral artery disease, at that split second, they had peripheral artery disease.