Nor do doctors want to hire another full time employee to handle paperwork.”
It’s not only that they don’t want to but they can’t afford to plus the software they have to buy now is expensive. Cost of training employees to use the new ICD-10 codes which they had to use beginning last month were just ridiculous plus the training really eats into previously productive time. Add to that another telephone and telephone line, another computer, more office supplies, etc. Plus their liability insurance cost just keeps climbing as well as their lease expense. Couple of my M.D. clients are now relying on savings to keep the doors open because they can’t work enough hours to cover all the expenses.
Plus more time for the accountant and more time for the lawyer...
0dumboCare has increased health care costs astronomically.