I, on the other hand, do understand ICD-9 (and soon to be ICD-10) codes, I write software that does decision processing based on CPT codes, I have a pretty good understanding medical billing (getting a beta of a new electronic statement piece out the door this week), am doing insurance eligibility verification and looking over standards for CCHIT compliance which may be required in the future depending on where the panel appointed by the freshly passed stimulus bill comes down when it has to deliver its report Dec. 31st 2009.
And you know what? Michael is right and you're being really stupid about this. There are lots of decisions still to be made about how health care ought to be run. If you want a more detailed talk about the pros and cons of various implementation details at the level of payers, rates, payroll tax versus savings accounts, reimbursement rates based on quality of care, etc, thats fine. National health care is still not that mysterious of a concept and is entirely reasonable one to discuss even without those details. So chill the fuck out. Judah On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 2:43 PM, Gruss Gott <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Grant wrote: >> MRI is needed. Doctors dictate what care their patients need. You talk about >> health care like it's a menu at a restaurant. "I'll have an Ultrasound, two >> MRI's and a side of Cat Scan please." > > That's because I actually know how it works whereas you don't. Here's the > menu: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ICD-9_codes > > Notice the "I" stands for "international" > > >> [the doctor] doesn't present you with a list >> of choices. In Canada and the UK you simply go and get the tests. > > Hey, you wanna take his word for it go ahead. I want choices and if I > don't get them then the quality of my care is unacceptable. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:288904 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
