Medicare shop with a 3 week wait before you file the report. Why?

I've done a Medicare shop, in the past, that required you to NOT give your contact information. You can sign the sign in sheet, but you're told not to give any contact information. Than you're told to wait 3 weeks, to file your report. To see if the agent tries to contact you. How is the agent going to contact you if you never give them your contact information? Why the 3 week wait? I've done shops like this, twice. I won't do another one. I see no reason for the 3 week wait to file your report.

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/24/2018 05:56AM by johnb974.

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Who cares? Do your report. Sit on it. Log in 3 weeks later and hit submit. Not sure what all the fuss is about.

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They want to know if the assistant called you back...I've only done 500, and some don't require that, they usually call back before that....not a biggie.

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@Irene_L.A. wrote:

They want to know if the assistant called you back...I've only done 500, and some don't require that, they usually call back before that....not a biggie.

But you're told not to give the agent any contact information. You can sign the log in sheet, but do not give them any other information. How is this a test to see if they call you back when you don't give them any contact information?

I've done one of these which was a targeted person. Contact information was given, but at the close, I was supposed to state to not contact me. Then wait 3 weeks to see if they did contact me. Perhaps they are using the same guidelines and reporting for both types.

I've done shops for other companies, that say you can give contact information. This company makes it very clear, do not give any contact information at any time. They want you to complete and file the first part of the report within a day of the shop. You complete the final part 3 weeks later. When I do a shop I want to finish ALL of the report within a day. I see no reason for the 3 week wait for this shop.

@johnb974 wrote:

@Irene_L.A. wrote:

They want to know if the assistant called you back...I've only done 500, and some don't require that, they usually call back before that....not a biggie.

But you're told not to give the agent any contact information. You can sign the log in sheet, but do not give them any other information. How is this a test to see if they call you back when you don't give them any contact information?

I've always given my name, saying I'm looking for my sister...you have to give a name or email...being told not to give name is new to me...just do what they want, wait three weeks.

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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/24/2018 03:23PM by Irene_L.A..

@johnb974 wrote:

When I do a shop I want to finish ALL of the report within a day. I see no reason for the 3 week wait for this shop.

That statement says it all.....these shops are NOT a good fit for you....if that requirement bothers you, move on to something else. End of story.

@guysmom wrote:

@johnb974 wrote:

When I do a shop I want to finish ALL of the report within a day. I see no reason for the 3 week wait for this shop.
That statement says it all.....these shops are NOT a good fit for you....if that requirement bothers you, move on to something else. End of story.

I'm saying there is no reason for this requirement for ANYONE, if no contact information is given out.

You can give your name on the sign in sheet, but no other information. No contact information. If you're not to give any contact information, why the 3 week wait? It just delays your payment.

I did one of these where the facility insisted attendees sign their sheet "to verify how many people were in the room". They said it was only for internal use, but somehow the agent got hold of the list and contacted me.

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To answer your why question, they are likely trying to track if the agent tries to find your contact information through web search or other means.

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@KathyG wrote:

I did one of these where the facility insisted attendees sign their sheet "to verify how many people were in the room". They said it was only for internal use, but somehow the agent got hold of the list and contacted me.

You only gave them your first and last name and nothing else? If that happened to me, yes I would be annoyed.

Another possibility is a situation in which I was involved. The MSC's payment schedule was within 30 days after the month in which the shop was accepted. As it was a Sassie job, my page showed completed until the first day of the following month and then changed to received; I was paid 60 days later. Either the company had a cash flow problem or they decided to use my money as an interest free loan. As this was only my ninth job for them over an 11 year period, I will never know for sure. but. such had never occurred in the past.

So why did you accept the job? If you didn't know when you accepted it you could have had it removed once you read the guidelines. Why the companies do the things they do is not your problem. Submitting good reports and getting paid is your problem.

@johnb974 wrote:

You can give your name on the sign in sheet, but no other information. No contact information. If you're not to give any contact information, why the 3 week wait? It just delays your payment.

@CoffeeQueen wrote:

So why did you accept the job? If you didn't know when you accepted it you could have had it removed once you read the guidelines. Why the companies do the things they do is not your problem. Submitting good reports and getting paid is your problem.

@johnb974 wrote:

You can give your name on the sign in sheet, but no other information. No contact information. If you're not to give any contact information, why the 3 week wait? It just delays your payment.

I'm just questioning the reason for this part of the report. I've done these shops a couple of times before, but will not do them again. 3 weeks is way too long to file any report and it only delays getting paid.

@johnb974 wrote:

I've done these shops a couple of times before, but will not do them again.

I think that's probably a wise decision on your part.

I would find it annoying too if I had to wait three weeks. To me the annoyance would be in not being able to finish the shop and having to keep it open and remember to come back to it. I have not done medicare shops but thought about doing them this year. Now I am not so sure I want to bother with them. Thanks for asking that question and bringing this to light for me.

Every client has specific requirements, and they are not required to give reasons why. The clients pay for information they want done a certain way. Why waste your time trying to find out, especially from people who aren't going to have the answer.

@cjbstar wrote:

Every client has specific requirements, and they are not required to give reasons why. The clients pay for information they want done a certain way. Why waste your time trying to find out, especially from people who aren't going to have the answer.

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It just seems some requirements are not necessary. Just a waste of time for the shopper.

I have a system for organizing my shops by date. When I have to return to one (whether in days or weeks) I just adjust the date and put it in the correct spot in the pile. The system hasn't failed me yet!

@sandyf wrote:

I would find it annoying too if I had to wait three weeks. To me the annoyance would be in not being able to finish the shop and having to keep it open and remember to come back to it. I have not done medicare shops but thought about doing them this year. Now I am not so sure I want to bother with them. Thanks for asking that question and bringing this to light for me.

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@bgriffin wrote:

To answer your why question, they are likely trying to track if the agent tries to find your contact information through web search or other means.

I had the same thought.

I learn something new every day, but not everyday!
I've learned to never trust spell-check or my phone's auto-fill feature.

My brain can't help but try to understand the logic behind shop guidelines, so when something doesn't make sense, it drives me nuts. In any case, I'm super curious. Assuming they want to know if the agent hunts down the medicare seeker and contacts them within 3-weeks (which I agree makes the most sense), would that be a good thing or a bad thing? I mean, it seems shady to me, but what I may call shady, other's might call ambition.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid set the rules for when an agent can and can't contact people.

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