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No offense, but I find that a little hard to believe. Every doctor's office I have ever visited in the last 10 years had more admin staff than nurses and docto
by patrickgzill 16y ago
No offense, but I find that a little hard to believe. Every doctor's office I have ever visited in the last 10 years had more admin staff than nurses and doctors.
That is, for each doctor there were perhaps 1.5 admin people doing paperwork. While they are cheaper than doctors, that is a still a large expense (figure $60K per person as a minimum, thus $90K per doctor per year in additional expense).
However I do agree that obesity is a problem in the US.
- Empact 16y agoYeah, but I'd argue the solution isn't to nice up the regulatory system, but to step outside of it. Clinics like Qliance in Seattle provide direct primary care (cash only, no insurance) largely because it's much nicer for both the doctor and the patient, because you can circumvent the bureaucratic nonsense and admin busywork. http://qliance.com/ http://qliance.com/ The founder, Dr. Garrison Bliss, does a great job summarizing his approach in this talk: http://www.tvw.org/media/mediaplayer.cfm?EvId=2008030136C&bhcp=1 http://www.tvw.org/media/mediaplayer.cfm?EvId=2008030136C...
- astrange 16y agoDid you ask the admin staff what they were doing? They could all be working on insurance paperwork.