As an RN its extremely frustrating when almost every patient is refusing tx or arguing with me about prices which i have no idea what they cost. I had patients tell me they have been charged 100s of dollars for items like inhalers they used once during a 24 hour visit and werent sent home with.
Also our entire system we use to chart is cumbersome and slow because it is all set up to bill the shit out of you nobody really gives a fuck about your outcome only if you are happy and i get your azz out of the bed fast enough to get a new one in.
In defense of hospitals, I completely understand why price sheets are jacked up and manipulated. Hospitals aren't compensated well by insurance companies and the hospitals have to do anything they can to get the money they deserve. They are, after all, the ones actually saving lives.
It's the insurance companies that are the thieves. They have created a game where they control both sides of the equation and dictate costs on both ends. I personally believe transparency is going to put an end to this. People will start refusing higher cost items and higher cost insurance and insurance companies will be forced to make changes and start accepting what the market is willing to pay for instead of just doing whatever the fuck they want, hiding the true costs and dictating everyone.
As an RN its extremely frustrating when almost every patient is refusing tx or arguing with me about prices which i have no idea what they cost. I had patients tell me they have been charged 100s of dollars for items like inhalers they used once during a 24 hour visit and werent sent home with.
Also our entire system we use to chart is cumbersome and slow because it is all set up to bill the shit out of you nobody really gives a fuck about your outcome only if you are happy and i get your azz out of the bed fast enough to get a new one in.
In defense of hospitals, I completely understand why price sheets are jacked up and manipulated. Hospitals aren't compensated well by insurance companies and the hospitals have to do anything they can to get the money they deserve. They are, after all, the ones actually saving lives.
It's the insurance companies that are the thieves. They have created a game where they control both sides of the equation and dictate costs on both ends. I personally believe transparency is going to put an end to this. People will start refusing higher cost items and higher cost insurance and insurance companies will be forced to make changes and start accepting what the market is willing to pay for instead of just doing whatever the fuck they want, hiding the true costs and dictating everyone.