Reply #30: But there goes our argument that reducing all this paper work will save money. [View All]

[CTyankee]

When I worked for Planned Parenthood of CT (state office) we had an entire department filled with staffers who did nothing else but chase 3rd party health insurance claims of our patients. This was done to relieve the burden of paper work on health care providers at our clinics so that they concentrated just on providing care. The costs attached to having this department included a full array of benefits to all of these office workers. The day arrived when a telemarketing company in effect took the place of these salared workers and the entire department was dismantled. One of the workers in the dept. who did mostly computer work now works at Yale, probably owing to the fact that she had excellent computer skills. Those like her will probably find other employment because their skill set is transferable.