More articles about Administrative Costs Killing care Quuality

from Procare:

Practices are forced to create more administrative positions to deal with tracking down and handling insurance claims, a tedious and time consuming endeavor for anyone. Annette Dunlap, in Tuesday's Charlotte Observer provides some valuable food for thought regarding the waste of time and money brought upon by our beleaguered health care system:
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All of my private practice clients have added at least one staff member dedicated to processing insurance claims. These staff increases are pure overhead, but without individuals dedicated to the task of spending all day on the telephone with insurance companies to track down payments, my clients would have a drastic reduction in their practices' cash flow.