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If you look at the details of the post, it wasn't the hospital but the billing department that was shut down. Rest of the hospital was fine. So in theory the ho
by freitzkriesler2 3y ago
If you look at the details of the post, it wasn't the hospital but the billing department that was shut down. Rest of the hospital was fine.
So in theory the hospital could have operated but they couldnt bill insurers or government entities.
I'm looking forward to the day that AI replaces the meatsacks in these departments for how awful and poorly run they typically are.
- AndrewKemendo 3y ago>it wasn't the hospital but the billing department that was shut down. Rest of the hospital was fine. So in theory the hospital could have operated but they couldnt bill insurers or government entities. Distinction without difference
- Turing_Machine 3y ago> Distinction without difference Not at all. Not being able to send bills means potential financial trouble days/weeks/months down the line. Not being able to perform surgeries means that people will die. Today.
- scbrg 3y agoTFA: A ransomware attack hit SMP Health in 2021. The attack halted the hospital’s ability to submit claims to insurers, Medicare or Medicaid for months, sending it into a financial spiral, Burt said. So, they struggled to handle this for two years before they finally shut down.
- AndrewKemendo 3y agoWell Today they do zero surgeries because their financial trouble shut them down So again, distinction without difference
- Turing_Machine 3y ago> Well Today they do zero surgeries because their financial trouble shut them down You are ignoring all the lives they saved in the intervening two years. > So again, distinction without difference Nonsense.
- richiebful1 3y agoThis ransomware attack happened in 2021, and they were unable to bill Medicare and insurers for months. This is just like any other hospital closing for financial reasons