alt Hacker News> $2.5T in practitioner costs.
Some of which is those practicioners' admin cost from dealing with the insurers. (And, you know, doing the actual work.)
Denials are nice and cheap. Fighting them is not.
> $2.5T in practitioner costs.
Some of which is those practicioners' admin cost from dealing with the insurers. (And, you know, doing the actual work.)
Denials are nice and cheap. Fighting them is not.
You stated this claim upthread, for the record, and tracked down an actual Canada vs. US statistic on this, which turned out to account for roughly 3.6% of total provider inpatient/outpatient expense.