He's a WHAT? (Quickie)

[Norton]

Last week, one of our sub-contractors stopped by the office looking to update some customer info. We made small-talk about the clients, in which he mentioned Mr. H.

SC (Sub-contractor): Have you met the guy? He's completely nuts! Just totally off his rocker!
Me: *giggles* Know what he does for a living?
SC: No, what?
Me: He's a psychiatrist
SC:

[Foxglove8778]

from working for a health insurance company taking phone calls (and abuse) from the professional provider community at large I have to tell you that most of the "mental health providers" that do their own billing and phone calls are Bat-Shite-Crazy. I believe many of them were interested in the field of study at the onset so that they could try and figure themselves out.

[PepperElf]

or for the meds?

[Foxglove8778]

or for the meds?

since it's phone work I didn't have access to visual clues regarding that possibility.... remembering some few it wouldn't surprise me at all. I do wonder how many came out of the box that way and how many were driven batty by HIPAA...

[tropicsgoddess]

If you guys think the doctors are bad...you should try the medical secretaries and/or billers/coders and the office managers. They're batshit and incredibly sucky when it comes to claims.