Today, Jason and I went to visit our friends Mark and Leslie. We didn’t get a chance to see the new baby as it slept through our entire visit. This was the first time the baby had slept this long and Leslie was a bit concerned and popped in a few times to check on little Matthew. Man this is one “BIG” kid. Mark is pretty tall (the basic football player size) and at 3 months, Matthew is fitting into clothes for a one year old. Leslie is already finding him to be heavy to hold for long periods of time. I don’t envy her as he starts to get bigger… LOL.
We had a wonderful visit together like we always do and we learned so very much about our chiropractor that we didn’t know. Seems Leslie has no intention of going back to work for Ed after her maternity leave. She doesn’t feel comfortable with his unethical billing practices. I didn’t really care for them either. I was under the impression that he was trying to help patients that couldn’t afford it because their insurance ran out, by billing their chiropractic sessions under other items such as physio or massage.
I did find it rather strange that Kim (certified and registered Athletic Therapist and Massage Therapist) and Lynda (certified and registered Athletic Therapist and final year Osteopath student that was legally allowed to practice Osteopathy) were giving me physio and osteopathic treatments and they were being billed under someone that I have only seen once. Jason was getting the physio and osteopathic treatments from Kim & Lynda and never once saw Frankie (the physiotherapist).
Apparently there was a lot more unethical billing practices that went on that we didn’t know about. Yes, it was good for patients that ran out of coverage from their insurance for Chiropractic care, but not good if down the road you needed physiotherapy and didn’t have any coverage left.
Mark’s company installed all the computer systems for Ed and worked out a great deal for him. At one point, Ed wanted something else installed and Mark told him that the office was closed, but if he really wanted it today, Mark would go out and buy the equipment out of his own personal money, but he’d need to be reimbursed the same day as his insurance payment would bounce. But he’d do him this favor only if they promised to get the money back to him by the end of Saturday.
Lo and behold, Ed and Sharon pulled a fast one and didn’t give Mark the money unless they got their check from Mark’s company for their “special deal – rebate check”. This was not a nice thing to do… basically Leslie is a new mom on maternity leave, Mark’s company is struggling, and they pull this crap by not paying them back and basically pulling food from a baby’s mouth. NOT ETHICAL!!!
Finding out all of this made the decision rather easy for us. We’re simply not going to put another red cent into Ed and Sharon’s pockets. It was a fun evening and a real eye opener.
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