You are so right on

Posted By: nana on 2007-11-08
In Reply to: AMEN Nanna - Way to Go

that it scares me. It goes beyond what we do. The whole medical community is suffering, the whole population of the United States. A few years ago when my grandson was injured he was hospitalized and had surgery. I am an IC and self-employed. My husband has insurance. The company actually pays middlemen a whopping amount (I know an administrator and was shocked at the amount) to investigate and disprove any hospitalizations and surgical treatment if you have homeowners insurance or the spouse has insurance. They hold up payment and force you fill out reams of papers, fax documents, and PROVE that they should pay. INCREDIBLE. That money they pay the middlemen could go toward better patient care and better salaries for the persons who are NEEDED in health care, not those who made up their own job and sold a bill of goods. I figured out that I have not had a raise since 1985 based upon the way we are paid because they have to pay all the middlemen. I don't mean QA, QA is needed if they don't pay us hourly and give us time to check our own documents. Maybe providers of health care should employ us directly, whether or not we stay home or work inhouse. Maybe then we could all benefit.

In our community there is a "coat service" that provides coats and sweaters to anyone who asks (we live where it gets really cold, snows, sleets, hails, blows - not my kind of weather, but what can I do)? See if there is one where you live. A friend went to the one here and said most of the coats were brand new and she was delighted when she found herself in your shoes a couple of years ago with four little children who needed coats and no extra cash. Our local TV station always announces it in the winter, so call your local TV station and see what is available. Maybe if there isn't a service you could start one! The station announces several times a week that they are solciting donations of coats, money for coats, and there is evidently a terrific response.

Here's hoping we all get a raise, a congruent standard for what we do each day and that patients get better care because of it.

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cc is for solids and mL for liquids - sm
- RE: cc versus ml - klownmom
- to sue who e/m'd me - sm
  - Why not just reply to her e-mail??? (nm) - joan
- cc=mL from what I've seen - Not a mathematician
- and the QA people wonder why we ever get anything right. It is always changing. - ME
  - QA didn't make the rules or change the rule. We have to learn 'em - SM - QALady
    - Well now, - nana
      - I agree with you, Nana. It's an uphill battle. SM - QALady
        Agreed, standard set, so - nana
      - AMEN Nanna - Way to Go
        You are so right on - nana
- We have been told to use mL for all, regardless if dictated cc. Dangerous abbrev. blahblahblah nm - Bwhup
  - Ain't it great that - nana
    - I, for one, stand with you. - nm
      - I agree, too. I'm just so tired of it all, don't have the energy left to argue with 'em any - Bwhup

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