it does seem shameful that payers so frequently rely on denying care / making billing hard to cut costs when there are so many other things they could do that a

it does seem shameful that payers so frequently rely on denying care / making billing hard to cut costs when there are so many other things they could do that are harder but higher impact Also, I'm only recently learning how pernicious the fear of malpractice suits is, and how this fear makes doctors reluctant to collaborate informally -- if you can't see a patient yourself or get their full chart, the perceived liability risk is high enough to prevent informal collaboration