In Case You Missed It: Is Pell's Campaign Dead?
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In Case You Missed It: Is Pell's Campaign Dead?
Is Pell's Campaign Dead?
Clay Pell is a mismanaged, weak candidate who doesn’t have a chance at the Governor’s Office, or he’s a credible candidate with strong endorsements running a respectable first-time gubernatorial campaign.
So say local and national political analysts in the academic, public and private sector.
GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE -- SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLASTIn five months, Pell will face the founder of the state’s first venture capital firm and Providence’s first Hispanic Mayor in the Gubernatorial Democratic Primary. Local and national political experts are wondering if the untested candidate is running the kind of campaign that can defeat such seasoned professionals.
Rhode Island's Medicare Millionaires
More than 4,000 doctors and other providers of health care services in Rhode Island received nearly $260 million in Medicare reimbursements in 2012, according to new federal data released yesterday.
The data, the first of its kind available in decades, pinpoints where Medicare dollars are going and which doctors and other health care providers are the top recipients—including many so-called ‘Medicare millionaires’ who bill $1 million or more annually. Of $64 billion issued in individual reimbursements nationwide, a third went to under 3 percent of doctors, with nearly 4,000 physicians billing at rates of $1 million or more annually, according to Bloomberg.
Top 20 Medicare Payment Recipients in RI
20. Bayside Endoscopy LLC
Ambulatory Surgical Center
33 Staniford St., Providence
2012 Medicare Payment Data
Total Payment Amount: $906,270.96
Total Amount Requested: $4,973,041.00
Total Amount Allowed: $1,131,865.04
Number of Patients: 2,297
19. Scott Triedman
Radiation Oncology
825 N. Main St., Providence
2012 Medicare Payment Data
Total Payment Amount: $913,292.76
Total Amount Requested: $3,890,550.00
Total Amount Allowed: $1,146,103.50
Number of Patients: 221
18. Richard Bryan
Ophthalmology
120 Dudley St., Providence
2012 Medicare Payment Data
Total Payment Amount: $952,468.78
Total Amount Requested: $1,864,734.00
Total Amount Allowed: $1,214,139.31
Number of Patients: 688
17. Timothy Shafman
Radiation Oncology
115 Cass Ave., Woonsocket
2012 Medicare Payment Data
Total Payment Amount: $956,736.41
Total Amount Requested: $3,932,391.04
Total Amount Allowed: $1,200,057.52
Number of Patients: 195
16. City of Warwick
Ambulance Service Supplier
140 Veterans Memorial Dr., Warwick
2012 Medicare Payment Data
Total Payment Amount: $998,365.17
Total Amount Requested: $2,066,796.57
Total Amount Allowed: $1,257,678.93
Number of Patients: 1,805
15. John Przygoda
Hematology/Oncology
215 Toll Gate Rd., Warwick
2012 Medicare Payment Data
Total Payment Amount: $1,004,675.10
Total Amount Requested: $2,066,796.57
Total Amount Allowed: $1,261,926.16
Number of Patients: 503
14. Candescent Eye Surgicenter LLC
Ambulatory Surgical Center
444 Quaker Ln., Warwick
2012 Medicare Payment Data
Total Payment Amount: $1,006,561.31
Total Amount Requested: $2,627,000.00
Total Amount Allowed: $1,271,196.23
Number of Patients: 1,085
13. Harold Woodcome
Ophthalmology
690 Eddy St., Providence
2012 Medicare Payment Data
Total Payment Amount: $1,016,205.81
Total Amount Requested: $1,830,849.25
Total Amount Allowed: $1,287,778.13
Number of Patients: 610
12. Magdelena Krzystolik
Ophthalmology
1 Randall Sq., Providence
2012 Medicare Payment Data
Total Payment Amount: $1,179,376.11
Total Amount Requested: $2,298,560.00
Total Amount Allowed: $1,493,926.23
Number of Patients: 845
11. Daniel Esmaili
Ophthalmology
690 Eddy St., Providence
2012 Medicare Payment Data
Total Payment Amount: $1,206,315.63
Total Amount Requested: $2,822,677.88
Total Amount Allowed: $1,531,958.89
Number of Patients: 1,040
10. Robert Janigian
Ophthalmology
120 Dudley St., Providence
2012 Medicare Payment Data
Total Payment Amount: $1,239,967.62
Total Amount Requested: $2,404,494.00
Total Amount Allowed: $1,579,534.71
Number of Patients: 707
9. City of Providence
Ambulance Service Supplier
25 Dorrance St., Providence
2012 Medicare Payment Data
Total Payment Amount: $1,676,474.04
Total Amount Requested: $3,161,123.57
Total Amount Allowed: $2,101,837.97
Number of Patients: 2,594
8. New England Ambulance Service Inc.
Ambulance Service Supplier
31 Manuel Ave., Johnston
2012 Medicare Payment Data
Total Payment Amount: $1,776,635.86
Total Amount Requested: $5,659,733.00
Total Amount Allowed: $2,283,383.80
Number of Patients: 4,007
7. Universal Ambulance Service Inc.
Ambulance Service Supplier
457 Douglas Ave., Providence
2012 Medicare Payment Data
Total Payment Amount: $1,884,482.01
Total Amount Requested: $4,342,289.00
Total Amount Allowed: $2,373,620.07
Number of Patients: 2,140
6. Professional Ambulance LLC
Ambulance Service Supplier
52 River Ave., Providence
2012 Medicare Payment Data
Total Payment Amount: $1,958,350.32
Total Amount Requested: $4,714,047.00
Total Amount Allowed: $2,451,287.41
Number of Patients: 1,559
5. Jonah Licht
Internal Medicine
100 Highland Ave., Providence
2012 Medicare Payment Data
Total Payment Amount: $3,169,359.75
Total Amount Requested: $12,629,104.00
Total Amount Allowed: $4,041,718.40
Number of Patients: 652
4. Fathalla Mashali
Anesthesiology
42 Hemingway Dr., East Providence
2012 Medicare Payment Data
Total Payment Amount: $3,470,467.27
Total Amount Requested: $13,595,131.73
Total Amount Allowed: $3,698,641.98
Number of Patients: 727
3. Med Tech Ambulance Service Inc.
Ambulance Service Supplier
19 Mendon Ave., Pawtucket
2012 Medicare Payment Data
Total Payment Amount: $4,650,676.77
Total Amount Requested: $9,264,381.25
Total Amount Allowed: $5,834,893.12
Number of Patients: 6,291
2. East Side Clinical Lab Inc.
Clinical Laboratory
10 Risho Ave., East Providence
2012 Medicare Payment Data
Total Payment Amount: $7,133,560.47
Total Amount Requested: $25,254,372.28
Total Amount Allowed: $7,170,862.69
Number of Patients: 40,842
1. Dominion Diagnostics LLC
Clinical Laboratory
211 Circuit Dr., North Kingstown
2012 Medicare Payment Data
Total Payment Amount: $12,551,313.22
Total Amount Requested: $15,083,697.99
Total Amount Allowed: $12,616,086.69
Number of Patients: 20,736
