Comments on: More on doctors getting a life http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/04/more-on-doctors-getting-life.html Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:18:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: Anonymoushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/04/more-on-doctors-getting-life.html#comment-85324 Anonymous Wed, 30 Apr 2008 21:40:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2008/04/more-on-doctors-getting-a-life.html#comment-85324 Having a raft of office employees is largely a result of the insurance and third-party payment culture. As third-party payment gets trimmed, we will approach the point that patients will be told to handle their own claim--the way they used to have to do--and pay the bill in full at the time of the visit.<br/><br/>Having a full schedule is more necessary when you have a large payroll to meet which is ncessary when you take the responsibility for submitting claims and pursuing payment out of the hands of the people who have bought the insurance. It becomes a cycle, and a vicious and unsustainable one when payments get cut.<br/><br/>Of course, new graduates have the prod of school debt to force them toward sweatshop practice where there is a crowded schedule and heavy if overworked support staff required. Having a raft of office employees is largely a result of the insurance and third-party payment culture. As third-party payment gets trimmed, we will approach the point that patients will be told to handle their own claim–the way they used to have to do–and pay the bill in full at the time of the visit.

Having a full schedule is more necessary when you have a large payroll to meet which is ncessary when you take the responsibility for submitting claims and pursuing payment out of the hands of the people who have bought the insurance. It becomes a cycle, and a vicious and unsustainable one when payments get cut.

Of course, new graduates have the prod of school debt to force them toward sweatshop practice where there is a crowded schedule and heavy if overworked support staff required.

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