
Welcome to the Neltner Healthcare Advocacy Alliance
Neltner Healthcare Advocacy Alliance
Healthcare in the United States today is facing many challenges putting our overall system at risk. We understand the issues. What are some of the problems we are facing?

Health insurance is becoming unaffordable.

The high cost of drugs is keeping very sick patients from receiving the treatments they need.

Physician reimbursement from healthcare insurance companies is shrinking, which is forcing doctors to see more patients in less time. That means there is more focus on "quantity" of patients being seen — not "quality" of their care. So patients aren't getting the attention they need from their healthcare providers.

Physicians are not compensated for coordination of care with other healthcare professionals.

Physicians are not compensated for chronic care management.

Physicians are compensated for the volume of services rendered, including ancillary services.

Patients and physicians are not accountable for the cost of care.
Our Mission, Our Goal and Why We Created This Organization
We want to help. The mission of our organization is to create awareness about these healthcare challenges through education and grassroots activities. Our long-term goal is to help reduce overall costs to the U.S. healthcare system.
We believe a major flaw in today's healthcare system is the overall reimbursement "philosophy" created over the past several years. It's basically become outdated.
Unfortunately, physicians are paid solely on the volume of patients they see and the number of services they render - not on quality care they provide and their positive outcomes. Additionally, many physicians rely upon ancillary services (including radiology, laboratory, and pharmaceutical) to supplement their income. We advocate for the appropriate reimbursement of cognitive services rather than ancillary services, including treatment planning, chronic care management, coordination of care, and physician supervision. We believe that both physicians and insurers undervalue the complexity of care rendered by the physicians and their staff. It is vital that we educate physicians on how to capture their complexity of care through their documentation and billing processes and educate the insurers on the true value of the care rendered.
Latest News
New White Paper
We are developing a white paper focused on recognizing the cognitive efforts of physicians.
New Code Request to AMA
For the field of oncology, Neltner Billing submitted a new code request and four existing code revisions to the American Medical Association (AMA) for the CPT Editorial Panel meeting in June 2006. Neltner Billing attended the meeting to testify on behalf of these recommendations.
Congressional Contacts
We meet regularly with state and national congressional representatives and senators to generate awareness regarding healthcare issues and potential solutions.
Communication Channels
We have established regular communication channels with local Medicare representatives as well as health insurance providers regarding challenges, issues and potential solutions.
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