He leaves before I can ask him to break the bad news to My Partner. On the way out, I stop at the front desk. Time to settle up. And here, at the front desk, when it's time to settle up, there is no waiting . Because accounts payable is the true energy hub of the modern medical practice.
Payment is all efficiency, all smiles and all major credit cards.
Which, today, I tacitly accept. I'm too damn sick to get into a froth about the ironic juxtaposition of caring business folk versus businesslike caregivers. Maybe tomorrow, if I'm feeling better, I'll just phone in a bomb threat. The views expressed in these pages do not necessarily represent those of the publishers. Entire contents are copyright 2000 Lightborne Publishing Inc. and may not be reprinted in whole or in part without prior written permission from the publishers.