tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7384162379251279056.post7371483770606772008..comments2023-04-16T10:19:34.760-04:00Comments on Supremacy Claus: Lower Health Care Cost by 50% by Getting Rid of the Lawyer, Number One Enemy and Threat to Clinical CareSupremacy Claushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03215810467361119756noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7384162379251279056.post-84150439313913878812009-06-22T16:03:31.769-04:002009-06-22T16:03:31.769-04:00$26 billion will buy 2 million families top of the...$26 billion will buy 2 million families top of the line insurance coverage.Supremacy Claushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03215810467361119756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7384162379251279056.post-67705380352061344832009-06-22T04:37:30.567-04:002009-06-22T04:37:30.567-04:00Here's one: incorrect information about health...Here's one: incorrect information about healthcare providers (i.e., doctors, doctor's offices, hospitals, outpatient facilities, labs, pharmacies, etc.) costs the health insurance industry $26 Billion each year. You see this in the form of returned mail and payments sent to providers that were sent to a wrong or outdated address, in the incorrect and out-of-date information about a provider in a health plan's provider directory, in fines paid for missing timely payments to providers, in duplicate or multiple duplicate payments to the same provider, payments to deceased, retired and sanction providers, and more. And all because a health plan or PPO has inaccurate demographic information (name, address, phone, license #, NPI, etc.) about a doctor, hospital, etc. <br /><br />If you looked through a health plan's provider file, you'd be amazed at how many of the records are duplicated or have missing or outdated information. This wreaks havoc on efficient operations, timely claims payments and more. And if a health plan has different databases of the same information, the problem multiples.<br /><br />Fortunately, there are ways to address this $26 Billion problem. I work for a company by the name of Enclarity (www.enclarity.com). And we're doing something about it to fix this problem and keep it fixed.<br /><br />I mention this because I've learned there are many ways in which healthcare payers and providers have large inefficiencies in their operations that can be fixed, often with intelligent technology. While there's no one smart bullet that will solve the vast problems, costs and inefficiencies in healthcare, my example above is one way that we can reduce its cost. It can be easy to be pessimistic about fixing a problem this large. But if healthcare adopts techniques that are common in other industries, I am confident that we can make some significant advances.<br /><br />Thanks for your insights in your blog. Depending on Congress to solve all the problems of healthcare won't do the trick. Legislation is a blunt instrument, and there will be winners and losers as a result. We all have stake in fixing this mess without reducing the quality of care we deserve. Your blog shows how the legal profession has a stake in making healthcare more affordable, just like technology does as well. If we all put our best ideas and imagination to fixing this often stagnant industry, I think we'd be amazed at what is possible.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15841165000829616275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7384162379251279056.post-30526506406783929602009-06-21T15:03:19.282-04:002009-06-21T15:03:19.282-04:00These families threaten litigation and elder abuse...These families threaten litigation and elder abuse reports when doctors do not go all out.Supremacy Claushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03215810467361119756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7384162379251279056.post-44911275790833577312009-06-21T14:21:59.966-04:002009-06-21T14:21:59.966-04:00I can count the times -I- have seen a lawyer talki...I can count the times -I- have seen a lawyer talking to a family in the ICU and someone in the family says, "Do everything you can save my dear, old 96 year old grandma." <br /><br />That would be zero. <br /><br />Blaming doctors for patient families and patient's themselves wanting to live a while longer is asinine.GGFreemannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7384162379251279056.post-53406315623514101512009-06-19T00:21:14.068-04:002009-06-19T00:21:14.068-04:00I agree, the medical profession uses the lawyer as...I agree, the medical profession uses the lawyer as a pretext for worthless make work, that torment old people before their deaths. <br /><br />When we say, drop cost by 50%, that means employment, because of cost goes to salary. Are people ready for that mass re-alignment.Supremacy Claushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03215810467361119756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7384162379251279056.post-62110164593768106542009-06-18T18:28:15.316-04:002009-06-18T18:28:15.316-04:00Nonsense. 2/3 of all medical costs are incurred in...Nonsense. 2/3 of all medical costs are incurred in the last six months of life. My suggestion is simply to let nature take its course: let people die. Treatment for cancer. Stop it. Treatment for AIDS. End it.<br /><br />People may have a right to life but they don't have a right to an endless life. That's the gimmick. If lawyers are land pirates, the medical profession are vampires. There greed is even worse.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com