It seems as if the whole country is “going green” by promoting recycling and reducing waste. The medical world can also take its own measure to become even more efficient, cost-effective, and green as well!
Instead of handing millions of people paper bills and claim forms, they should be receiving digital copies to their phones or computers. It is extremely difficult to manage all the paperwork necessary to fill out a claim for insurance reimbursement. A national billing and claims database not only saves delivery charges and paper, but as well as countless man hours that are spent filling out envelopes and processing payments.
A central digital database can keep a history of what has been paid and can automatically issue receipts and file them for longer period of times. In addition, if there is ever an emergency where paper receipts are lost due to a natural disaster, copies of those documents will be readily available online.
Patients can also save money with this system as well. I have encountered several people who have missed deadlines to get reimbursed for medical expenses or who simply forgot. Not only will they get reimbursed sooner, they can avoid the problem of forgetting to fill out a claim form.
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