No our fight is NOT just with the insurance companies.
Bert, while you have said in the past that Mainecare pays well, throughout the country, Medicaid pays about 70% of private insurance. Isn't that slightly about 3/5 of a human being?
And why should we have no right to collective bargaining while insurance companies can do what they want. They are certainly part of the problem, but the real issue must be dealt with through congress/legal means.
I am convinced that the myriad of different requirements that insurance companies have for billing is just another way to avoid paying. Why can't there be a truly standard format?
We were docile while the AMA colluded with the insurance companies. While there may be some value in CPTs, why should they have a copyright on them. ICDs were designed for death monitoring, but have been pushed into service for live patients, thus the large number of irrelevant topics (hit by a meteorite) while no good description for gastroenteritis. Total waste of time.
Last edited by Wendell365; 08/10/2020 9:15 AM.
