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I've seen this with my own doctor. They said another reason besides the insurance was the increased demand for paperwork and electronic backups or something lik
by hanniabu 7y ago
I've seen this with my own doctor. They said another reason besides the insurance was the increased demand for paperwork and electronic backups or something like that. So it's much easier and cheaper to have a single team manage the digital side for 20 doctors instead of just 1 or 2 doctors.
From the consumer end I like this more because their new group has a wide variety of specialties so you don't need to keep filling out the same paperwork and they also can afford to maintain an electronic system so you receive text notifications for appointments and can make appointments online and such.
- mumblemumble 7y agoAs a consumer, I'm coming to dislike it. In theory, that consolidation of redundant efforts should improve my care and reduce my costs. In practice, I've seen the opposite happen. My local health care market has consolidated down into a single large corporate entity that, like any good monopoly, has every reason to reduce quality of service while increasing prices. I guess I fill out less paperwork, but that isn't saving me enough time to justify all the little routine visits that used to cost me $50 out of pocket suddenly costing $300 out of pocket.