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The Sick Cost of Medical Paperwork – Maybe?

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1. Ann Miller RN MHA, on September 26, 2011 at 2:35 AM said:

   MGMA: [Medical Practices Cut Spending 2.2% Last Year]

   Medical groups cut spending by 2.2% in 2010, despite the fact that general operating costs have risen by more than 52.6% since 2001, according to the Medical Group Management Association.

   The MGMA’s Cost Survey for Multispecialty Practices: [2011 Report based on 2010 Data] drew information from 44,000 providers and 1,994 groups.

   Total medical revenue in multispecialty practices not owned by hospitals or integrated delivery systems has risen 45.9% since 2001 and 8.5% since 2009, likely because practice managers are scrutinizing their operating expenses more closely, according to the association.

   Source: Ashok Selvam, Modern Physician [9/20/11]

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2. Beverly, on January 21, 2012 at 5:09 PM said:

   Paperwork causes unintended distractions for physicians and nurses

   He admittedly snorted out loud when he read a New York Times article recently

   regarding increased physician distraction due to electronic devices, especially with the advent of the smartphone with its emails, text messages, calls, and other alerts that ping intermittently throughout a typical work day.

   An essay by Christopher Chang, MD.

   http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2012/01/paperwork-unintended-distractions-physicians-nurses.html

   But, what about the paper work?

   Beverly

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3. Darrell, on January 22, 2012 at 2:59 PM said:

   Documentation Distractions

   It’s far too easy for healthcare stakeholders to demand far too much documentation from providers, even in dentistry … Just look at HIPAA.

   “Paperwork causes unintended distractions for physicians and nurses”
   -Christopher Chang, MD

   http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2012/01/paperwork-unintended-distractions-physicians-nurses.html

   “Though electronic devices may be considered a ‘distraction’ analogous to a mosquito buzz that comes and goes, one must not forget the avalanche of paperwork which is a much more pervasive and insidious distraction that deliberately takes attention away from the care of the patient. I understand the need for documentation, but at some point when the documentation itself dominates the majority of healthcare rather than the actual administration of care, there’s something fundamentally wrong going on.”

   D. Kellus Pruitt DDS

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4. D. Kellus Pruitt DDS, on June 12, 2014 at 4:39 PM said:

   HIPAA causes doctor to abandon digital for paper

   “Local doctor no longer deals with insurance companies,” by Stuart Dyson, KOB Eyewitness News 4, June 10, 2014.

   http://www.kob.com/article/stories/S3470476.shtml?cat=504#.U5jDIvldWz4

   “What sealed the deal for the Albuquerque dermatologist was HIPAA – the federal law that requires electronic medical records. It penalizes doctors who don’t comply with the complicated rules, sometimes with fines of up to $1 million. No insurance? No HIPAA.”

   Dr. Janice Moranz, tells KOB Eyewitness News, “I don’t need that kind of liability. I’m not on this earth to worry about things like that, and so if I can just get rid of it and see patients – it’s been great! I have more time. I’ve been talking to patients more. I have some interesting patients I never knew were so interesting.”

   D. Kellus Pruitt DDS

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5. Beverly, on January 12, 2015 at 10:47 PM said:

   $375 Billion Annually Wasted on Insurance Paperwork

   Medical billing paperwork and insurance-related red tape cost the U.S. economy approximately $471 billion in 2012, 80 percent of which is waste due to the inefficiency of the nation’s complex, multi-payer way of financing care, a group of researchers say.

   http://www.physiciansnews.com/2015/01/12/375-billion-annually-wasted-on-health-care-paperwork/

   Beverly

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