http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2006/10/insurers-getting-it-on-physician-e.html Tue, 14 Feb 2012 19:56:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2006/10/insurers-getting-it-on-physician-e.html#comment-67758 Fastolfe Tue, 10 Oct 2006 15:04:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2006/10/a-insurers-getting-it-on-physician-e-mail.html#comment-67758 For many people, e-mail is more about establishing a dialog. What happens when the initial e-mail is light on details and the doctor has to ask questions? This could go back and forth 3 or 4 times before the patient's question is answered. Is each e-mail billed independently? For many people, e-mail is more about establishing a dialog. What happens when the initial e-mail is light on details and the doctor has to ask questions? This could go back and forth 3 or 4 times before the patient’s question is answered. Is each e-mail billed independently?

]]> http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2006/10/insurers-getting-it-on-physician-e.html#comment-67746 anonymous Tue, 10 Oct 2006 05:10:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2006/10/a-insurers-getting-it-on-physician-e-mail.html#comment-67746 Don't get too excited. Insurance companies will do this about as long as it saves them money. Insurance companies may figure an e-mail may substitute for an office visit. Unless you think you can shrink your office, lay off staff, and cut your costs, while simultaneously maintaining or increasing revenue, this does not make sense. I wonder what the "copay" for an e-mail is, maybe $35?! Don’t get too excited. Insurance companies will do this about as long as it saves them money. Insurance companies may figure an e-mail may substitute for an office visit. Unless you think you can shrink your office, lay off staff, and cut your costs, while simultaneously maintaining or increasing revenue, this does not make sense. I wonder what the “copay” for an e-mail is, maybe $35?!

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