Primary Care Payment Struggles

The way doctors bill and get paid is a byzantine process and it is no wonder the "private practice" doctor is an endangered species.  It takes a keen sense of business, a love of medicine-not money, and a sense of humor to survive.  Here is my latest story.  You can't make this stuff up....

I saw a patient in September 2001  (note the date...11 years ago).  I billed her insurance company,