tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5594341074652821017.post6232841894971848107..comments2023-08-14T10:44:59.007-04:00Comments on Novel Spaces: What a Medicaid audit taught me about writing.KeVin K.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14792797517571690942noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5594341074652821017.post-13664408130929826592011-04-19T21:21:47.029-04:002011-04-19T21:21:47.029-04:00In total agreement, KeVin. Breaking the rules as a...In total agreement, KeVin. Breaking the rules as a result of laziness, ignorance or gimmickry can never be effective. <br /><br />I empathize with your Medicaid experience more than you think. I was privileged (or otherwise) to witness firsthand the lead up to and fallout from a Medicare/Medicaid audit at a friend's home health agency in Florida. Whereas <i>you</i> often can't find the box, my friend refused to even acknowledge its existence. Throw the results of his bizarre modus operandi (I discovered in due course that 'bizarre' was the norm in SF) into the ring with stony-faced agents of the government examining files with microscopes and the results were, um, interesting. So interesting, in fact, that my second novel is set - where else? In a home health agency in South Florida at the height of an AHCA audit.Liane Spicerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05035607144500219524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5594341074652821017.post-70071807538251439282011-04-19T17:11:06.523-04:002011-04-19T17:11:06.523-04:00Goes to show how far a writer will go for a workab...Goes to show how far a writer will go for a workable metaphor. :) I think it works here very well though. I like this.Charles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.com