An Action Research Project

“Where is the cost / benefit analysis?”

Financial Questions about TOP

 

1. What does each administration and processing of the TOP cost?

2. What is the full monetary cost of the TOP to all participants?

3. Doesn’t BHL recommend reimbursement of $10 - $25 per test?

4. Who pays and who are all the people who get paid, how much?

5. Doesn’t the cost ultimately fall on the consumers?

6. Shouldn’t consumers have a say as to how their health dollars are spent?

7. What percent of the questions are typically totally irrelevant to most clients?

8. If a client is seen every other week, doesn’t the TOP consume 4% of treatment time?

9. Do the 25 minutes it takes to fill out the form ever get returned to the client?

10. Don’t 600,000 BHL tests taken mean that 250,000 client hours have been spent taking this test?

11. Where is a cost / benefit analysis of the 600,000 TOPs administered to date?

12. What are the financial and professional interests of those supporting the TOP?

13. How will BCBSMA recoup its cost of $8 per test?

14. Will they charge higher rates to customers or deny service more readily?