William E. Harrer

On October 21st, 2012, our father, William Harrer, lost his battle with lymphoma. Through the last years of his life, we (his five kids) blogged about what was happening. It tells a story of how one family dealt with the end of their father's life. We thought if it can help a family with similar struggles, he would very much want that, and so we are making our blog public. You can read Dad's obit on the page "Dad's Life in a Nutshell" and see for yourself what an amazing life he had.

Monday, August 13, 2012

Home Health Money Saving Tips

Ranae talked with our home health friend, Wendy. Here are some of the things she mentioned: Find out why those line items have no extension and the descrepancy between the actual total and the listed total. (I'm sure Bill is looking into this) Also, things like the IV stand. Make sure that price is the rental of the stand for the term we need it, not by the week or the month. Things like those red waste containers cost, so make sure the things we put in them really need to go in there. Things like alcohol swabs we maybe able to purchase at Costco. Wendy mentioned that Walgreens Option care offers competitive prices. She did say the company we were using had a good reputation.

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DebAugust 14, 2012 at 12:36 PM
I called Hoffmann Healthcare today and was told that the pick ticket that they used to fill Dad's order is not an invoice and that they cannot tell me what Dad is paying for or not paying for until they run it through both Medicare and Blue Shield. I tried to get her to tell me what kinds of things Dad might have to pay for, but without much luck, she said maybe you only pay for supplies, but unsure.

We will have to wait and see what Dad's bill comes back like.

Bill
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