Won’t this create “Medicare deserts” in those areas where the poor live?
Sounds like those hospitals need to hire more people better at playing the paperwork game. For a few million a year each, those hospitals can find people who’ll play the game better.
Of course, none of that money will actually improve patient care, but then, that was never the point.
It will keep the poor from dying.
There is not much good in Obama care.
The two good things are the standardization of the Electronic Medical records. While I understand the security risks, I also have seen the benefits first hand. I had four doctors looks at an MRI within an hour of its being completed. Four doctors, four buildings, and what could have been a serious condition was ruled out before I got home.
The second thing is the Accountable Care Organization. For those of us in the real business world, think of it as quality control. People think hospitals are clean and their staffs are competent. They are not.
This rule will eventually base reimbursements on the cost of quality. Your insurance will drive you to the low cost, high quality provider. And if you live in a community with more than one hospital provider—you will be shocked to find the “welfare” or “religious” hospitals have been living with this stuff for years. And they will generally perform better.
This is good. I know a lot you might think its not. But it is.