hotrodharley
Well-Known Member
That part doesn't sound designed to address costs but safety. Trust me - the states that prohibit doctors writing in cursive are ahead of the game. Some take great delight in writing like henscratch. It gets ridiculous asking "Can anybody read Dr. Jackoff's writing please?"Obamacare is just a stepping stone to a national healthcare system. It will become necessary because of what this bill will do to costs.
Our hospital lost a 50k bill because our cardiologist didn't document why he didn't prescribe aspirin to a heart patient according to core measures mandated by the government. His patient was on plavix and it was so obvious to the doctor he didn't understand why the documentation was needed. According to Obamacare, a verbal order no longer suffices, the orders will have to be entered electronically by the doctor himself now. Watching these brilliant men and women struggle with a password is both comical and sad. They could say give him aspirin or they can spend 30 minutes with the help desk because they've locked themselves out of the EMR again. This isn't going to help with costs at all.
You well know that this law, or collection of laws and regulations, this program - will be modified year after year. Nothing stays intact, especially a big chunk of pork.
Know what CROWNWeb is? I'm sure you do. Our desk people have had a hard time getting everything collated and correlated into it lately and we have to go live online soon. Not sure of the date and could not care less. I've had to get used to everything from AIDS to computers in almost 35 years. Actually almost 36!!! Will be next month. Time flies.
Hassle? Hell yes. But a sure step to helping cut fraud. Not eliminating it but direct entry from care site to Medicare (CMS to us) makes tinkering with shit a lot harder.