i suggest you contact your local state health insurance assistance program to gain a better understanding of the medicare "red tape" you're referring to and what you can do to move forward with treatment if appropriate. find your local program by visiting the medicare. gov medicare helpful contacts page or by calling 1-800-medicare (1-800-633-4227).
73 yr old female that has heart trouble. needs knee replacement and drs say red tape at medicare- help what can we do? . she had chf and arrythemia. a dr recommended almost had her in an mri machine and she has a pacemaker. drs dont seem to want to touch her and they say because of medicares red tape she has to do therapy for 90 days and get all kinds of releases. etc. i uderstand why heart dr but we have been to 2 drs for knee repalcement and they dont seem to want to do anything and if they do they dont listem and her pacemaker was not compatible with the mri and the x ray tech is who caught that. help please