Comments on: Who do you work for? http://medicmadness.com/2010/03/who-do-you-work-for/ Just another EMSBlogs.com site Fri, 11 May 2012 16:02:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: EMS Blog Rounds Edition 32 http://medicmadness.com/2010/03/who-do-you-work-for/#comment-67 EMS Blog Rounds Edition 32 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:12:49 +0000 http://www.medicmadness.com/?p=230#comment-67 [...] Eddy from Medic Madness asks a very important question… who do YOU work for? The answer may surprise some of you… and it may just make you rethink how you care for your [...] [...] Eddy from Medic Madness asks a very important question… who do YOU work for? The answer may surprise some of you… and it may just make you rethink how you care for your [...]

]]> By: SeanEddy http://medicmadness.com/2010/03/who-do-you-work-for/#comment-66 SeanEddy Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:11:42 +0000 http://www.medicmadness.com/?p=230#comment-66 While my post was mostly referring to how we treat our patients, I certainlyfeel your pain. Fortunately, the service I work for encourages accuratedocumentation and just deals with Medicare when it comes time.It is frustrating that we can't deny service for any reason, yet governmentfunded insurance programs penalize us for transporting people that didn'tneed the service. While my post was mostly referring to how we treat our patients, I certainlyfeel your pain. Fortunately, the service I work for encourages accuratedocumentation and just deals with Medicare when it comes time.It is frustrating that we can't deny service for any reason, yet governmentfunded insurance programs penalize us for transporting people that didn'tneed the service.

]]> By: Sean Eddy http://medicmadness.com/2010/03/who-do-you-work-for/#comment-280 Sean Eddy Tue, 09 Mar 2010 06:11:00 +0000 http://www.medicmadness.com/?p=230#comment-280 While my post was mostly referring to how we treat our patients, I certainly feel your pain. Fortunately, the service I work for encourages accurate documentation and just deals with Medicare when it comes time. It is frustrating that we can't deny service for any reason, yet government funded insurance programs penalize us for transporting people that didn't need the service. While my post was mostly referring to how we treat our patients, I certainly
feel your pain. Fortunately, the service I work for encourages accurate
documentation and just deals with Medicare when it comes time.

It is frustrating that we can’t deny service for any reason, yet government
funded insurance programs penalize us for transporting people that didn’t
need the service.

]]> By: medicthree http://medicmadness.com/2010/03/who-do-you-work-for/#comment-65 medicthree Tue, 09 Mar 2010 04:58:53 +0000 http://www.medicmadness.com/?p=230#comment-65 Here is where I see the true irony... I work for a large private service... While technically, our customers are the people we answer to(and shareholders)... we really answer to the tax payers, since 80% of our patients are recipients of government services. Where I struggle the most is the fine line of how to chart. I am a stickler for accuracy, but often that means we won't get paid by medicare--because simply put, they didn't need an ambulance in any way, shape or form. Here is where I see the true irony… I work for a large private service… While technically, our customers are the people we answer to(and shareholders)… we really answer to the tax payers, since 80% of our patients are recipients of government services. Where I struggle the most is the fine line of how to chart. I am a stickler for accuracy, but often that means we won't get paid by medicare–because simply put, they didn't need an ambulance in any way, shape or form.

]]> By: Anonymous http://medicmadness.com/2010/03/who-do-you-work-for/#comment-279 Anonymous Mon, 08 Mar 2010 23:58:00 +0000 http://www.medicmadness.com/?p=230#comment-279 Here is where I see the true irony... I work for a large private service... While technically, our customers are the people we answer to(and shareholders)... we really answer to the tax payers, since 80% of our patients are recipients of government services. Where I struggle the most is the fine line of how to chart. I am a stickler for accuracy, but often that means we won't get paid by medicare--because simply put, they didn't need an ambulance in any way, shape or form. Here is where I see the true irony… I work for a large private service… While technically, our customers are the people we answer to(and shareholders)… we really answer to the tax payers, since 80% of our patients are recipients of government services.

Where I struggle the most is the fine line of how to chart. I am a stickler for accuracy, but often that means we won’t get paid by medicare–because simply put, they didn’t need an ambulance in any way, shape or form.

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