New Billing Codes for Alternative Medical Procedures

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Tommy Thompson (AGAIN) sides with " Health Freedom " on MAJOR issue...

 

Opinion by Consumer Advocate Tim Bolen

 

April 17th, 2003

 

On January 27th, 2003, I wrote an article that said " I've got the BIGGEST

story in North American Health Freedom, EVER. Here it is. " We'll, now I've

got an even MORE important story...

 

It's no secret that the official health care system in North America has

failed. It is the third largest killer of Americans. But, what's being done

about it?

 

The North American Health Freedom Movement has been working on the problem

for years, trying to get changes in the way health issues are officially

dealt with. When we were dealing with the Clinton Administration, our pleas

were falling on deaf ears. Not so, with the Bush Administration.

 

Tommy Thompson, George Bush's Secretary of the Department of Health and

Human Services (DHHS), has AGAIN come through in favor of the North

American Health Freedom Movement on a significant health issue. It may take

a little time, but whether conventional medicine likes it or not, Americans

are going to have REAL health care available to them.

 

In January I said " The conventional medicine stranglehold on health care has

been broken - period. It was done in Health & Human Services Director Tommy

Thompson's office on January 16th, 2003 when Thompson SIGNED the approvals

to use a new billing code system called ABC Codes in HIPAA transactions.

 

I told you the Bush administration was on the side of " health " before. Some

of you doubted. Here's another example... "

 

Let me explain. Prior to Thompson's action, the world of health

practitioners had been dependent, for billing, on two basic systems. One is

called the " Diagnostic Codes, " and the other is known as the Physicians'

" Current Procedural Terminology or CPT® codes. " The World Health

Organization (WHO) owns the rights to the " Diagnostic Codes. " The American

Medical Association (AMA) owns the rights to the " " Current Procedural

Terminology or CPT® codes. " Each gets paid money each time the code is

used.

 

[Note from Art here: regarding that last sentence, can you believe it!?]

 

 

The WHO " Diagnostic Codes " are simply that - diagnostic codes. But it was

the CPT® codes that became the ISSUE in health care. Simply, the AMA would

NOT issue codes for alternative health care. Congress told them. Federal

Judges told them. They didn't listen. What was happening, of course, was

that the AMA was controlling, through its codes, or lack of codes, what

actual procedures would be paid for, and which ones would NOT be paid for.

 

That's over. The AMA has lost. January 16th, 2003 was their " Waterloo. "

Enter, from stage left - ABC Codes.

 

Understand this. Thompson signed off on the first part of the project - a

two year sort of pilot program, where they see how well it works. It's up

to YOU to see that it works well... There is a 60 day sign-up period. The

clock is running.

 

Health practitioners - GET INVOLVED IN THIS RIGHT NOW!

 

There is a website you need to visit to read more about this. Read ALL of

it. I've been on the phone with the ABC Codes project people yesterday, and

today, at length. They'll have their website updated for the information

you need to be PART of this VERY soon.

 

They have gained the approval of not only Tommy Thompson, but every agency

of " standards " in the United States. They have over 4,200 codes available

right now. You've got to go to the website www.alternativelink.com right

now.

 

You're welcome... "

 

What did Thompson do this time? He's done a couple of things. (1)

Thompson, after seeing how many people signed up for this two-year pilot

program (almost 10,000), increased the sign up period for another 60 days.

 

The ABC codes project directors had been assembling their operation so far

below the health radar, that most health activists, and practitioners, were

unaware of the availability, and unaware even, of the project. It caught

most health leaders by surprise. When the project was first approved by

Thompson on January 16th, 2003, the sixty day sign-up period wasn't quite

enough to both tell health leaders about it's availability, and sign people

up - even though almost 10,000 jumped in during the period. When this was

brought to Tommy Thompson's attention - he simply extended the sign-up

period through midnight, Thursday, May 29, 2003. To sign up yourself, or for

more information, go to www.alternativelink.com.

 

(2) The Bush Administration knows how bad health care is in the United

States, and is giving the problem a high priority. Besides this ABC codes

move, Bush, and Thompson, are going out into the United States Health

Community, and getting advice, and advisors, on how to solve the US health

dilemma. In short, we in the North American Health Freedom Movement now

have direct access to the Bush Administration - and we're using it. I'll

tell you more about this later.

 

Stay tuned...

 

Tim Bolen

Consumer Advocate

 

This " Millions of Health Freedom Fighters - Newsletter " is about the battle

between " Health and Medicine " on Planet Earth. Tim Bolen is an op/ed writer

with extensive knowledge of the activities of a subversive organization

calling itself the " quackbusters, " and that organization's attempts to

suppress, and discredit, any, and all health modalities that compete with

the allopathic (MD) paradigm for consumer health dollars. The focus of the

newsletter is on the ongoing activities, battles, politics, and the

victories won by members of the " Health Freedom Movement " against the

" quackbusters " It details " who the quackbusters are, what they are, where

they are operating, when they appear, and how they operate - and how easy it

is to beat them... "

 

For background information on the " Battle between Health and Medicine " go

to: http://www.savedrclark.net/by_whom2.htm. A copy of THIS newsletter, and

older ones, are viewable at the website

http://www.quackpotwatch.org/default.htm.

 

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http://www.bolenreport.com.