Making the terms pubic is really not a bad idea and something I think could be made publicly easily in this day of transparency. The other matter addressed in this article is about an insurer who is a known problem and is asking for a waiver so it appears now we are down to who can get one and...
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Let’s face it, nothing else takes place until the bills get paid and yes we need to have certified EHR systems that work, I agree, but priorities here just seem to be a little bit out of order. The healthcare business is like any other with hospitals and doctors needing to project their income...
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If there enough said here with the public getting tired of hearing these stories of cancellations? The reason behind the cancellation or at least given by the insurance company was for a couple omissions of information on past history, a visit to the ER Room and one treatment. I don’t know...
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Yesterday I made a post after looking around the internet to see what picketing, marches, etc. were happening and found enough for the week to fill up a post. Maybe those folks in the Senate might think about adding some extra security as if this drags on a lot longer, I think real tempers are...
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What is at the bottom of all of this, the same thing I keep talking about all throughout this blog, the algorithms or formulas that calculate payment rates and provisions, something I try to bring to light so perhaps we can avoid some of the useless Town Hall meetings that are not addressing this. ...
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This suit and it's award make me wonder why we do not have "fake employees" at the insurance firms and HMOs? Make sense? In view of all the recent legal awards and court cases, why not. Doctors have to deal with "fake patients" so why not "fake employees"...