tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post115344888551130603..comments2024-03-18T03:28:36.581-04:00Comments on Shrink Rap: Medicare Claims: A Tale of Two Headaches (Maybe More)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-1153720101260615382006-07-24T01:48:00.000-04:002006-07-24T01:48:00.000-04:00Here's something for that headache of yours:Rubber...Here's something for that headache of yours:<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://cupcakestakethecake.blogspot.com/2006/07/rubber-ducky-cupcake.html" REL="nofollow">Rubber Ducky Cupcake</A><BR/><BR/>Now they are invading our foodstuffs . . .Sarebearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09208596053319110470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-1153658576249901172006-07-23T08:42:00.000-04:002006-07-23T08:42:00.000-04:00"Umm, remind me why health insurance companies are..."Umm, remind me why health insurance companies are still in business."<BR/><BR/>Health insurance companies are still in business because that's all people have. You could have a national health service as in some countries such as the UK, but in the UK, the bureaucracy of form-filling and targets is increasing all the time. It's the world we live in, sadly.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-1153629605798328622006-07-23T00:40:00.000-04:002006-07-23T00:40:00.000-04:00This is what's fucked up about the whole insurance...This is what's fucked up about the whole insurance gig. Can you imagine signing a check below that "do not write below this line" line, and then it never showing up in your account? You call them, and they say, "Sorry, never received it." And then, if they own up to finding it, they say, "I'm sorry, but you didn't sign it in the right place... you'll have to send us another one."<BR/><BR/>This just does not happen in the banking industry. It's not that they don't have incentive to "lose" your money so that they have several extra months to invest it before they have to give it back. It's just that people have a choice. If my bank routinely lost my check, I'd have a new bank pretty quickly.<BR/><BR/>But this is accepted behavior in the insurance industry. Why is that? I'd like to know.<BR/><BR/>Medicaid tends to pay poorly in many states, and it is often hard to get docs to participate. I believe it is not solely because of the low rates. It is mostly due to the red tape. See if you can figure <A HREF="http://www.dhmh.state.md.us/mma/mmahome.html" REL="nofollow">all this</A> out.<BR/><BR/>Or Medicare. <A HREF="http://www.cms.hhs.gov/Manuals/PBM/list.asp" REL="nofollow">Here you go.</A> This Medicare manual has 16 volumes. One of the volumes has 30 chapters. Chapter 22 has 31 pages.<BR/><BR/>You want to have more docs accept insurance? Make it simple. Patient goes to doctor. Doctor swipes insurance card and punches in some codes. Three days later, payment shows up in doctors bank account, with full accounting available to patient and doctor on secure website, in addition to patient's copay from their bank. Doctors are willing to accept less money to cut the hassle factor. I guarantee it. Of course, this is how it works if one pays out of pocket. Umm, remind me why health insurance companies are still in business.Steve & Barbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16543746132388754693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-1153477586482380882006-07-21T06:26:00.000-04:002006-07-21T06:26:00.000-04:00Hearing the insurance horror stories helps me make...Hearing the insurance horror stories helps me make it through correctional life. It's like when I go to the grocery story and see a shrieking kid in a grocery cart, and think: "There's one headache (sorry Carrie) I'll never have to deal with."<BR/><BR/>I'm sorry about your bureaucracy. It's pretty sad when it's easier to understand what your dog wants than what your government wants.ClinkShrinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13316134491751195651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-1153461720018733432006-07-21T02:02:00.000-04:002006-07-21T02:02:00.000-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.NeoNurseChichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16120931307124798416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-1153456115682436692006-07-21T00:28:00.000-04:002006-07-21T00:28:00.000-04:00ARGH.I worked as a temp for two weeks at Primary C...ARGH.<BR/><BR/>I worked as a temp for two weeks at Primary Children's Hospital in SLC, Utah, 10 years ago (just about the last job I ever worked, by then I was lasting only weeks or days at things). I would call up insurance companies on claims that were getting old, to find out what the holdup was, and stuff. And work out solutions to it and things. Dang, I used to be good at problem solving, except when I was falling apart, and that I couldn't keep it up, or be consistent. (I once worked 3 years as the secretary to the Underwriting Department Head for a health insurance co., so I know all the jargon and how the insurance system works (rather, DOESN'T work . . . . )<BR/><BR/>ARGH. It's amazing all the snafu's that crop up; beaurocracy sucks.Sarebearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09208596053319110470noreply@blogger.com