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Orrex

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1. Hmm...

Tue Mar 15, 2016, 07:07 AM

Mar 2016

How many staff work in a typical doctor's office? I'm sure that the number varies, but let's assume 4 as a conservative average, plus one doctor.

So 12.5 hours per week divided by four staff equals 3.125 hours per person per 5-day week, or 37.5 minutes per day. When I worked the grill at Hardee's I spent more time than that on daily quality control.

Wouldn’t it be far better to devote these extra resources to improving access to actual health care for the uninsured and underinsured who are now being all too often left out?

Those are two separate question, and I'm not sure that these are "extra resources" in any case.

It would be automatic under a single payer Medicare for all program.

Would Medicare-for-all eliminate the need for quality measures?

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US Physician Practices Spend More Than $15.4 Billion Annually To Report Quality Measures [View all] eridani Mar 2016 OP

Hmm... Orrex Mar 2016 #1

Medicare RobinA Mar 2016 #2

I get that... Orrex Mar 2016 #4

An Acceptable Amount RobinA Mar 2016 #5

How much time do you spend relative to the cited 37 minute daily average? Orrex Mar 2016 #7

I Don't Know RobinA Mar 2016 #9

Your experience seems to have been worse than what the article describes Orrex Mar 2016 #10

Americans spend about $7 billion on Halloween alone. Hortensis Mar 2016 #3

Medical Records RobinA Mar 2016 #6

Yes, but it should get better. A major part of the problem Hortensis Mar 2016 #8