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> POLITICAL ESSAYS
> Managed Anarchy
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> This is part of a very recent memo to staff from a
> health care agency on the front line.
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> Front line? Too casually called everyday life...
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> "It is easiest to understand the impact of managed
> care from this perspective:
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> "The agency is required to implement additional in-
> ternal control systems such as
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> utilization management,
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> quality assurance,
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> quality improvement, and
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> data do***entation and tracking
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> that create additional expenses [for the agency]."
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> "The agency is then required to
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> request [approval of] many services in advance,
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> fight denials,
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> follow up on disallowances, and
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> ensure that do***entation meets the specific re-
> quirements for each service rendered [by the
> agency]."
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> "The end result is that reimbursement becomes a
> battle."
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> "Additionally, the rates of reimbursement have re-
> mained unchanged for over ten years, while the
> cost of providing the services
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> (utility costs, health insurance [for staff], wages,
> gasoline, food)
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> has continued to increase."
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> "We are fighting harder for less money."
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> CONCLUSIONS:
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> Managed care = Taylorism for tweenies.
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> What goes around --permanent war abroad-- comes
> around --'till finally The Superpower's Declaration
> of World $lavery specifies
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> THERE SHALL BE NO REIMBURSEMENT
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> EVER AGAIN, ANYWHERE !
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> Suffer, sucker.
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> Taylorism?
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> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taylorism
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