WaIIy wrote:
On Mon, 16 Feb 2004 18:04:46 GMT, "NOYB" wrote:
"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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For many people, providers as well as patients, the way we handle
"managed care" is a disaster. My wife has two masters'-level psychiatric
social workers at her office who spend most of their day fighting with
insurance companies
You've nailed the problem right there. When did medicine start accepting
assignment of benefits for routine office visits? If patient's paid when
services were rendered, and then filed with the insurance company on their
own (dentistry calls it "direct reimbursement"), your wife's office could
use those psychiatric social workers more efficiently.
They don't have a secretary to deal with the insurance companies?
Hmmm
No, Wally, it takes two full-time master's level assistants to run the
maze. My wife doesn't give up on patients in her practice...if they need
serious care, they get it, no matter how much effort it takes to get
them a placement or to beat up on the insurance company.