Comments on: Colorado New Workers’ Comp Law and PPOs http://healthcarethoughts.com/2007/11/30/colorado-new-workers-comp-law-and-ppos/ observations on healthcare, technology and the American way by Brian Sharp Sun, 01 Aug 2010 04:16:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: Dorrence http://healthcarethoughts.com/2007/11/30/colorado-new-workers-comp-law-and-ppos/#comment-30 Dorrence Fri, 07 Dec 2007 16:40:59 +0000 http://healthcarethoughts.com/2007/11/30/colorado-new-workers-comp-law-and-ppos/#comment-30 Colorado is just a precursor of steps that may be taken by other states around the country. We have had states toying with the idea of requiring ID cards for work comp patients for years. It is possible, but not without adding an administrative burden (and cost) on the entire industry. Not to mention that inevitably, patients will be harmed in the effort to require ID cards for these type patients. What are Hospitals and providers to do with a patient that presents without such identification? Are they willing and ready to accept the risk and liability that will come with turning away a patient without proper ID? Are they prepared to accept the litigation that results from such patients? Or, the more likely scenario, is that they have not given these factors any thought at all. Like those legislators that the conned into promoting such legislation, they have not thought out the inevitable consequences of their actions. In rush the lawyers to reap the rewards for the new wave of litigation that will begin because of this new law in Colorado. In the end, the lawyers will be the death of us all! Colorado is just a precursor of steps that may be taken by other states around the country. We have had states toying with the idea of requiring ID cards for work comp patients for years. It is possible, but not without adding an administrative burden (and cost) on the entire industry. Not to mention that inevitably, patients will be harmed in the effort to require ID cards for these type patients.

What are Hospitals and providers to do with a patient that presents without such identification? Are they willing and ready to accept the risk and liability that will come with turning away a patient without proper ID? Are they prepared to accept the litigation that results from such patients? Or, the more likely scenario, is that they have not given these factors any thought at all. Like those legislators that the conned into promoting such legislation, they have not thought out the inevitable consequences of their actions.

In rush the lawyers to reap the rewards for the new wave of litigation that will begin because of this new law in Colorado. In the end, the lawyers will be the death of us all!

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