Regarding the recent feature “Company doctoring” which focused on healthcare costs, let's not overlook another key component to managing cost: coordination of care with the employee's regular primary-care provider, if the worker has one. Although potentially a touchy issue, coordination and sharing of medical records can lower costs associated with duplication of labs. There's also the significantly higher costs of managing healthcare-related complications and medication duplication that might arise if treatment plans conflict or if key information is unavailable to either practitioner.
Daniel Morgan
Chapel Hill, N.C.
