Comment by phkahler

>> Problems with matching up different line items are really ubiquitous in healthcare systems because, despite the standardization that theoretically exists, there's huge variation in how different accounting and analytics systems represent line items.

Maybe the problem IS the line items. You know the labor cost of tracking the fact a person was given Tylenol is way more than the cost of the pill? Just give people the incidentals and stop billing for them. Half your overhead might vanish.

BTW, yes every medication need to go on their chart. But it does not need to go through the entire finance system and to insurance.