The Night a Doctor Realized She Was Spending More Time Fighting Her Computer Than Helping Her Patients

My name is Curt Warner, and I’m the founder of The Menopause Association, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.

Over the past several years, I’ve worked closely with hundreds of physicians across the country who specialize in women’s health and hormone therapy. I attend medical conferences, collaborate on research, and maintain ongoing relationships with doctors who are on the front lines of patient care.

But what I’m about to share with you isn’t about menopause treatment or hormone therapy.

It’s about a conversation I had with a family practice physician that opened my eyes to a problem so universal, so maddening, that it was affecting not just doctors’ income, but their passion for practicing medicine.

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The Problem That's Killing Medical Practices

Over the years, through my work with The Menopause Association, I’ve had countless conversations with physicians from various specialties. While many of the hormone specialists I work with operate cash-based practices, I also interact with family physicians, internists, and other practitioners who treat menopausal women as part of their broader patient base – and these doctors typically do accept insurance.

One conversation in particular opened my eyes to a problem I had never fully understood.

A family practice physician was telling me about her daily struggles with the insurance side of her practice. What struck me most was when she said, “Curt, I’m spending more time fighting my computer to find billing codes than I’m spending with my patients.”

She explained how it had gotten so bad that she could spend forty-five minutes trying to find the right billing code for a simple office visit that took her twelve minutes to perform.

“Sometimes it takes longer to code what I did than it took to actually do it,” she told me.

“I became a doctor to help people, not to fight with computer systems.”

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As she continued sharing her experiences, I realized it wasn’t just about the time. As a private practice, she explained, it had become incredibly hard to keep track of all the billing requirements and constantly changing rules. Every year, numerous new and modified codes are introduced. Just in 2024 alone, there were 349 changes to CPT codes – 230 additions, 49 deletions, and 70 revisions. And that’s just one coding system!

She didn’t have sufficient personnel to stay on top of everything. Every new regulation felt like another burden on her already overwhelmed staff. “When employees are unsupported, overwhelmed, and struggling to stay up-to-date on the latest rules, mistakes are bound to happen,” she told me.

And the financial impact was devastating. She told me she had later learned that medical billing errors cost the healthcare industry an estimated $935 million every week. Around 80% of medical invoices contain errors, and nearly 20% of claims get denied on the first submission. Even worse, as many as 60% of those denied claims are never resubmitted – meaning that revenue is lost forever.

“We became doctors to take care of patients, not to become coding experts,” she said, “but the system was forcing us to choose between accurate billing and patient care.”

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She mentioned that the number of denied claims had actually doubled in 2021, and she was part of that statistic. She was losing thousands of dollars every month because she was either missing billable services entirely or selecting less accurate codes just to get through the day.

What really struck me was when she said, “I’m not just losing money – I’m losing my passion for medicine. I spend more time worrying about whether I coded something correctly than I do thinking about how to help my patients get better.”

This conversation haunted me for weeks. Here was a dedicated physician who had spent years in medical school and residency, who genuinely cared about her patients, and she was being crushed by administrative burdens that had nothing to do with practicing medicine.

I started asking other physicians I encountered about their experiences with medical billing. What I discovered was alarming – this wasn’t an isolated case. Doctor after doctor shared similar stories of frustration, lost revenue, and time stolen from patient care.

That’s when I knew I had to find a solution…. Something that could help our members and other physicians across the country.

The Discovery That Changed Everything

I started researching this problem extensively. I spoke with medical billing experts, attended healthcare technology conferences, and dove deep into case studies about revenue cycle management.

What I discovered was both encouraging and frustrating. Encouraging because there were solutions out there that were actually working. Frustrating because so few physicians knew about them.

I found case studies of practices that had transformed their billing operations completely. An orthopedic practice had increased their revenue by 20% within six months – not by seeing more patients, but by properly capturing services they were already providing. Another specialty group had reduced their coding errors by 30% and achieved much higher compliance with insurance requirements.

But the most interesting discovery was a super simple system that a small group of physicians had been quietly using with remarkable results.

This wasn’t a typical outsourced billing program that required handing over control of your entire revenue cycle. Instead, it was a specialized billing optimization tool that worked seamlessly with whatever systems doctors were already using.

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Super Simple System

The system had been developed by a team of medical billing specialists who understood exactly what physicians were going through. They had created a tool that could instantly analyze any medical procedure or service and suggest the most appropriate billing codes – including additional codes that many doctors were missing entirely.

What made it truly revolutionary was its simplicity. If you can talk, type, or copy and paste, you can make it work. That’s it. No complicated training manuals, no technical expertise required, no learning curve that takes weeks to master.

It worked right inside the web browser, requiring no complicated installations, no staff training, and no disruption to existing workflows. It simply integrated into the billing process that doctors were already using.

But here’s what really caught my attention: this system didn’t just help find the right codes faster. It also identified additional billable services that were being overlooked. Services that were already documented in patient records but weren’t being billed for.

The physicians who had been using this system were reporting something remarkable: they were not only saving hours of time each week, but they were also discovering thousands of dollars in previously missed revenue.

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Real Transformation With Minimal Effort

When I started researching this system further, I discovered the results were consistently impressive across different types of practices.

The family practice physician I had spoken with earlier agreed to try the system. Within the first week, everything changed for her practice.

That scenario she had described – spending 45 minutes trying to find codes for a 12-minute office visit – became a thing of the past. What used to take her nearly an hour now took less than 5 minutes. The system would instantly suggest the appropriate codes based on her notes related to the visit, and even alert her to additional services she could bill for that she had completely missed.

But the real transformation happened over the following months.

Her coding accuracy improved dramatically. Instead of the constant worry about whether she was using the right codes, she had confidence that every claim was properly coded and compliant with the latest regulations.

The financial impact was immediate and substantial. In her first month alone, she identified thousands of dollars in additional billable services that she had been missing. Services that were already documented in her patient records but weren’t being captured in her billing.

Within six months, her practice had transformed completely. Her revenue had increased by 20% – not from seeing more patients, but from properly billing for the services she was already providing. Her clean claims rate jumped to over 90%, meaning fewer denials and faster payments.

The time she used to spend wrestling with coding manuals and searching through endless dropdown menus? She got that back. Hours every week that she could now spend with patients or with her family.

During my research into billing optimization solutions in general, I found numerous published case studies showing what’s possible when practices address their coding challenges:

An orthopedic practice specializing in trauma cases reduced their coding errors by 30% after implementing proper documentation and coding systems. According to the published case study, this “not only enhanced their revenue but also bolstered their reputation” with insurance companies.

A multi-specialty orthopedic group reduced their accounts receivable aging by 50% and accelerated their cash flow dramatically after overhauling their billing operations with automated coding technology.

One medical group achieved a 92% primary clean claims rate – meaning 92% of their claims were accepted on the first submission – after implementing automated claims management technology.

These weren’t necessarily using the same system I had discovered, but they demonstrated that practices addressing their billing optimization challenges were consistently seeing significant improvements – often 20% revenue increases within six months, simply by capturing services they were already providing but not properly billing for.

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Your Opportunity For a Quantum Shift In Your Practice

Now, I realize you might be skeptical. After hearing so many stories from physicians who had tried various “solutions” that didn’t work, I understand the hesitation.

That’s why I struck a partnership between The Menopause Association and Eighth Element to make this super simple billing optimization system available as risk-free as possible for physicians like the ones I work with.

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If it doesn’t immediately start identifying additional billable services and streamlining your coding process, simply stop using it or uninstall the Chrome extension. There’s no cancellation process, no fees, and no hassle.

During this special promotion, you’re under no obligation to be a member of The Menopause Association. We’re extending the free trial period and special pricing to everyone so you can access this system and see for yourself how it can transform your billing process.

The question isn’t whether billing optimization works. The research and case studies prove it does. The question is: how much longer can you afford to keep losing revenue and spending precious time fighting with coding systems when there’s a simple solution available?

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Remember – if you can talk, type, or copy and paste, you can make it work.

Within minutes of getting access, you’ll see exactly what I mean about how simple and powerful this system really is. You’ll wonder, like the physicians I’ve spoken with, why you waited so long to try it.

But don’t wait too long. Every day you delay is another day of potentially missed revenue and wasted time wrestling with coding problems.

Your patients need you focused on their care, not buried in billing manuals. Your family deserves to have you home on time, not staying late to fight with computer systems.

And you deserve to practice medicine the way you intended – with confidence, efficiency, and the peace of mind that comes from knowing your billing is handled correctly.

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