The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) fired all staff who oversee contracts with companies that process Medicare claims and pay healthcare providers. Reimbursements could slow to a crawl. Patients doctors, and hospitals will be affected. This is very bad. #ProtectMedicare #MomSky - ThreadSky

rebekahwriter.bsky.social • 69 days ago

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) fired all staff who oversee contracts with companies that process Medicare claims and pay healthcare providers. Reimbursements could slow to a crawl. Patients doctors, and hospitals will be affected. This is very bad. #ProtectMedicare #MomSky

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authoramy.bsky.social•69 days ago

They are trying to break Medicare. This will be a successful...and foolhardy... method through which millions will suffer.

rocketmansparty.bsky.social•69 days ago

Now, at least one republican is saying it out loud: first Medicaid, then Medicare, later social security.

This is the goal of Chuck Koch and his Project 2025 he paid Trump to carry out:

djjakej.bsky.social•64 days ago

Yup they tested recruited 50,000 Loyalists to destroy from within!
They kicked me out! Last page all social media user names! Damn! They got me!

kristilyn.bsky.social•69 days ago

Oh no. That's so bad . . .

matlew1960lewis.bsky.social•69 days ago

In other words, the doctors and hospitals will no longer treat the patients because they have no guarantee of being paid by the government. As simple as that. Then the Republicans will say, "Look we've been saying for decades that they don't work; we need to privatise them."

anakrose.bsky.social•63 days ago

This will be very, very bad. Any journalists seeing this?

freestatefemale.bsky.social•64 days ago

What the fuck is happening?
This makes NO SENSE.

luq73.bsky.social•67 days ago

Do people with their healthcare from their work realize just how this will trickle down to them.
No Medicare, No Medicaid, someone has to pay more. The people with regular insurance.

mkrnc62.bsky.social•64 days ago

Are doctors ok with this ! Will that speak out

erflx.bsky.social•68 days ago

Why are they doing this?? Help Republicans? Anybody out there?

m4a1960.bsky.social•69 days ago

This should NEVER HAPPEN !They were already short , HOW much is this getting out to the public by cable MEDIA etc. ?

cherriebaby.bsky.social•64 days ago

Are they going to put musk in charge of payments ?

borrachoyloco.bsky.social•69 days ago

This is the DELAY part of their strategy.
Bastards.

daddybunny.bsky.social•67 days ago

Why? “Because we can.” “Because we should stop Medicare and Medicaid and go back to personal individual insurance market where the companies can make big $$$ by denying claims.
All part of the 2010 Republican Healthcare Plan: “1- Don’t get sick. 2- If you get sick, die quickly.”

old33.bsky.social•69 days ago

Does this mean they fired everyone who oversees the fiscal intermediaries?

rebekahwriter.bsky.social•69 days ago

Pretty much, yeah.

fastfingersaudit.bsky.social•69 days ago

I would think so. I worked for a FI in the late 90s/early 2000s.

pillsbury37.bsky.social•69 days ago

Trumps got his “best healthcare in the world” so why should he care about other people?

rmz1961.bsky.social•69 days ago

They are truly vile, deplorable, evil, inhumaine. Hate them.

kelcatwino.bsky.social•64 days ago

This will cause Dr's to not accept Medicare and Medicaid.

dc4hope.bsky.social•64 days ago

Americans will DIE

Exactly what trump’s owner Putin wants

bluesky411.bsky.social•68 days ago

𝔪𝔢𝔡𝔦𝔠𝔞𝔩 𝔭𝔞𝔱𝔦𝔢𝔫𝔱 𝔰𝔲𝔦𝔠𝔦𝔡𝔢

cindersmbyc.bsky.social•64 days ago

So sad. The nursing homes are full of patients!

higgybella.bsky.social•69 days ago

They are destroying the “third rail” of American politics- only our outrage will save us.

busyburn2.bsky.social•68 days ago

I am sorry for those who didn’t vote for the dirty old man, convicted felon & rapist.
This is just the wake-up call magas need.
Not long before the oldie magas in the Villages to feel the pain. Florida retirees buckle up, the runaway train is heading straight for you

tammysue.bsky.social•69 days ago

Home healthcare is reliant on Medicare too. And I mean completely reliant.

bobbitty.bsky.social•68 days ago

This will Break a huge part of our so-called health care system, punishing patients and providers alike. The elderly (me & hubs), the disabled, the poor, and

WTAF happens to care home residents!?! In-patients at hospitals!?!

We must Rise Up!

I know that but don’t know how to start. Anyone?

totruth.bsky.social•69 days ago

This is UNACCEPTABLE!!!😡

allison-bell.bsky.social•69 days ago

I’m a reporter with ThinkAdvisor and BenefitsPRO. So I can follow up: What’s your source? (Example: a news article? If so, which one?) If you can’t be named and know this through unofficial channels: One way to get more attention for this might be to ask a union like AFGE to post something.

rebekahwriter.bsky.social•69 days ago

I received the info from a friend in the agency. They gave me permission to share that detail but they are not in a position to speak with the media. My goal in posting this is to encourage reporters and constituents to ask Congress to look into it.

allison-bell.bsky.social•69 days ago

I hear you; thanks for the reply.

ashortbusvet.bsky.social•69 days ago

I guess if you can't get rid of it outright, make it so bad that doctors refuse to accept it?

shanana70.bsky.social•64 days ago

Reimbursement is already slow from CMS. This will just take it to a practical stand still.

bobstjean.bsky.social•69 days ago

So this has got to be part of their plan to hobble Medicare, but still keep it going technically. Medical bill payments won’t happen or will be delayed.

fastfingersaudit.bsky.social•69 days ago

This would be the way. From what I remember hospitals and docs receive reimbursement for bad debt, medical education, DSH, and other incentive programs through the remits. If claims processing slows them funding to hospitals and docs for Medicare programs also slows.

jeffmacias.bsky.social•69 days ago

vero1986.bsky.social•64 days ago

At stake is coverage for roughly 79 million people enrolled in Medicaid and its related Children's Health Insurance Program. So, too, is the financial health of thousands of hospitals and community health centers — and a huge revenue source to all states. You are NOT pro-life or pro-family.

catchfallingstars.bsky.social•69 days ago

Trump sucks! Nobody voted for this!

rorschacccck.bsky.social•69 days ago

Yes they did. There was like...a whole book and everything. I guess that wasn't important enough at the time.

mlh-3.bsky.social•68 days ago

Hospitals will close; doctors will be furious.

morrisd65.bsky.social•69 days ago

Hospitals, outpatient care, and service providers will stop contracting with Medicare altogether. It is already hard to find physicians who accept Medicare, and this has been the case for many years.

pdxbohica.bsky.social•64 days ago

"We will find you and we will kill you."
DJT

pjp11.bsky.social•69 days ago

Hands off. Hands off. HANDS OFF MEDICAID AND MEDICARE.

texastwinkie.bsky.social•68 days ago

Well lots of people in those (especially rural) areas voted for GOP. But what they got was the Leopard Eating My Face Party.

vallove.bsky.social•69 days ago

I hate this administration so much!!!! And yes the word is HATE

dschurman.bsky.social•69 days ago

A sadistic sociopath and his psycho side kick will stop at nothing to inflict as much harm as possible to the people of this country and people across the world.

cate79.bsky.social•69 days ago

As much as Trump hates people, he hates old people the most, and so he’s just gonna try to kill us all off. #ImpeachTrump

earthgirl.bsky.social•69 days ago

Yet he is an old person. Denial is a helluva drug.

cate79.bsky.social•69 days ago

He's my generation, and I know what guys like him think of themselves. God's little gifts in their own minds. He's the worst

jfc-already.bsky.social•69 days ago

JFC.

holliwinters57.bsky.social•69 days ago

I guess this is what insurance companies paid for when they donated large sums to the Trump campaign.

fastfingersaudit.bsky.social•69 days ago

Insurance companies are the claims processors.

naenaeperez.bsky.social•69 days ago

Well shit. I work for a company coding Medicare advantage charts for HCC reimbursement. I wonder how far this will trickle out.

ddavis4911.bsky.social•68 days ago

So Christian of him😪

coloradodem.bsky.social•69 days ago

Let me guess -- Elon Musk owns a company that wants that contract?

rebekahwriter.bsky.social•69 days ago

Probably. Or some of his friends do.

lov4all.bsky.social•69 days ago

My guess is Oracle (Larry Elison). They are one of the players in the healthcare financial reimbursement space.

wordstock.bsky.social•69 days ago

"The federal agency that oversees Medicare, Medicaid, and other major health care programs is facing employee firings, flagging morale confusing messaging, and the specter of additional disruption compromising its oversight and administration of key programs that finance care for half of Americans."

wordstock.bsky.social•69 days ago

https://www.statnews.com/2025/03/01/federal-employees-cms-layoffs-complicate-trump-promise-medicare-medicaid/

natrlredhd.bsky.social•69 days ago

This is beyond way bad 😓

seamiracles.bsky.social•69 days ago

This is the goal. People dying and suffering is their kink.

detroit2263.bsky.social•69 days ago

I guess the big question is - Why? To save on the salaries of those staff members? I would guess that number would fall below $750 thousand! Is the chaos that is going ensue really worth that? No, no way! They are doing it just to create chaos!

a-climate-refugee.bsky.social•68 days ago

CONTACT YOUR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS. People WILL DIE because of this.

ambernoel.bsky.social•69 days ago

I actually did miss this today. Thank you for posting about it.

rebekahwriter.bsky.social•68 days ago

It hasn’t been reported. I heard it from a friend in the agency. I’m hoping the news picks it up or Congress makes inquiries.

bwagdem.bsky.social•69 days ago

A few hospital CEOs will see their revenue fall..
like Providence Medical Group.

ohhhhhsuzieq.bsky.social•69 days ago

This affects rural America!@#$%

bdco720.bsky.social•64 days ago

This should be a huge story in the media but I have not seen it anywhere.

rebekahwriter.bsky.social•64 days ago

I agree. The cuts at CMS have not gotten the same attention as the other agencies. We should all let Congress know that we see this and they need to look into it closely.

mutsy67.bsky.social•69 days ago

This is extremely bad. Impacts millions! If CMS denies a claim or doesn't process it - I'm pretty sure that paper you sign at your Drs office means you are liable for the bill!!

....and it won't be for the contracted medicare amount!!

rebekahwriter.bsky.social•69 days ago

Yep.

artisanbrain.bsky.social•64 days ago

Making you want to do more protesting?

obimomknobi.bsky.social•63 days ago

Daaaaaammmmmm!!!🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬

wenallt.bsky.social•64 days ago

This is the exact strategy they used with USAID and the Department of Education, they can’t actually delete them but by cutting off all funding and removing all staff they will die, even though they might still exist in name only on the statute books.

spinika17.bsky.social•69 days ago

And a blatant ploy to install Kusk’s company to process all future payments…watch and see!!!!

rocketmansparty.bsky.social•69 days ago

Now, at least one republican is saying it out loud: first Medicaid, then Medicare, later social security.

This is the goal of Chuck Koch and his Project 2025 he paid Trump to carry out:

dkattler11.bsky.social•64 days ago

“Cut… excuse me reform.” We heard you the first time.

bslkuye1.bsky.social•69 days ago

WTF

cpoche.bsky.social•69 days ago

Do you have a source for this? I'm not seeing it in the APs article on today's HHS purges

rebekahwriter.bsky.social•69 days ago

I leaned about it from a friend at CMS. I’m sorry I can’t share more than that.

fastfingersaudit.bsky.social•69 days ago

I worked for a MAC and know people at CMS, they're probably gone.

thegodofcities.bsky.social•64 days ago

He's trying to murder
us in our fucking beds...

mouse21.bsky.social•68 days ago

Hopefully Health Care Workers jump on our bandwagon to block this!

honeywhite2024.bsky.social•69 days ago

If people don't have insurance they run to the er for minor reasons. The hospitals will go bankrupt, Trump and elon don't care.

skvtexas.bsky.social•69 days ago

The fuckers.

libpatriot.bsky.social•64 days ago

The plan!!!
Project 2025🤬🤬🤬🤬

skinswoman.bsky.social•69 days ago

Is this why so many good PCPs are moving to a concierge practice model? Might have something to do with it

fastfingersaudit.bsky.social•69 days ago

Medicare is the best payer out there in terms of claims processing and timely reimbursement. That's why hospitals and docs love Medicare. However physician rates are low and docs have to generate volume which concierge services eliminate or reduce that need for volume.

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