I think my friend is being taken advantage of

[oramar]

Have a friend who is a billing clerk for physician for two years. This doctor I think is taking advantage of her but I am not sure. She is a salaried worker. She has no bedside training what so ever. The doc has decided she must accompany him into exam room with female patients because he fears allegations of abuse. He has a receptionist and a medical assitant but they are not always avaliable. She also stated that sometimes she is busy all day with those kinds of duties and then she has to come in to do her billing on Saturday and Sunday. She said the experience has really helped her with her medical coding and she did not seem upset with the situation. As far as I know she is not doing any proceedures. I viewed the situation with some skeptisim but since I am not well versed in what goes on in offices I thought I would ask some other opinions. You know what thought jumped into my mind, "Oh great, first they replace nurses with medical assistance, now they are replacing medical assistance with office clerks." How much you want to bet the patients think she is a nurse and are even calling her nurse.

[renerian, BSN, RN]

He is taking advantage of her.

renerian