He didn’t let it get him down. He had to do his job. He was good at it. If not for him, someone else would step in, so he didn’t worry about the system. Sure, a lot of it didn’t make sense. It questioned his moral sensibilities, but someone had to do it.
With many different codes for slightly different conditions and treatments, the choice mattered to the bottom line. He knew how to maximize the insurance payments. The charges to the uninsured were another story. Many of them never paid anyway, so the coding was less of a priority, at least from what his boss had told him about the hospital’s point of view. He focused on the recoverable costs.
His mind drifted while he worked. Too bad they couldn’t put Michael on his insurance as planned. The move made it too complicated. Maybe they shou
