falsified medical records

[ama24a]

Yes thats true, one of the women at the front desk said next time don't tell the doctor anything you don't want them to write down in your medical records because they will, a scope was never done on me or anything to diagnos GERD, these doctors are out to make more money, the more they write in the chart the more money they make, I know I used to do medical billing. I now have to go on my husbands insurance and pay 400 dollars a month and thats just for medical, but you gotta have insurance if not doctors treat you terrible and sometimes won't even treat you at all. I do agree you can't listen to some of these opinions on here.

 

[lealea1005]

Yes thats true, one of the women at the front desk said next time don't tell the doctor anything you don't want them to write down in your medical records because they will, a scope was never done on me or anything to diagnos GERD, these doctors are out to make more money, the more they write in the chart the more money they make, I know I used to do medical billing. I now have to go on my husbands insurance and pay 400 dollars a month and thats just for medical, but you gotta have insurance if not doctors treat you terrible and sometimes won't even treat you at all. I do agree you can't listen to some of these opinions on here.

If a staff member is advising that you lie about your medical hstory or symptoms, they should be fired...immediately. That "advice" is dangerous and irresponsible.

In order to code appropriately to "make more money", the Physician must have thorough documentation of his/her observations, your complaints, their diagnosis, and plan for more than one body system. Insurance companes periodically review random charts for accuracy and to make certain that the Physician is practicing within the standard of care and billing appropriately. If you have recent experienced in medical billing, you'd already know that.

OP's usually get upset when the correct information is not the information they want to hear.

Edit to add: As ecmst stated earlier, an actual diagnosis does not have to be made. If there is documentation that the patient has taken an OTC med to treat indigestion/heartburn, the insurance company's reviewer will pick that up in the office notes and possibly designate it as "pre-existing".

 

[lealea1005]

I'm sorry but I disagree it is very unprofessional to write on an rx pad and I'm very aware that meds can harm a fetus, I have changed doctors and will no longer use that office.

You have every right to disagree, but the fact remains that it's not considered unprofessional. It is proof that what's written on it actually came from the Doctor's office.

I never inferred that you did not know some medications are harmful during pregnany. I was attempting to explain the reason a pregnancy test was ordered.

Changing Dpoctor's is also your perogative, however, it will not change the insurance company's decision.