Does your doctor's office charge to fill out FMLA paperwork?
This all comes from my mind being blown in a due date group I'm in on Facebook. I fill out FMLA paperwork multiple times a week for an oncological surgeon, and we don't charge. There is dozens of women saying their doctor's offices charge $25-$40 to fill out FMLA... I can't believe they charge for this.
ETA: FMLA forms are one of my least favorite tasks and a pain in the ass... But wow
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grapefruit / 4492 posts
@snarkybiochemist: @BoyMama: that is crazy! Yeah, it's nowhere near my favorite thing to do by any means, but what the heck.
pomegranate / 3127 posts
What?! No! But this is a big OB/GYN office with three or four admins, so it's probably relatively easy for them. Maybe a small office finds the paperwork enough of a burden that they need to charge for it...
nectarine / 2690 posts
My last doctor did not. I don't know about my doctor now, I guess I'll find out when the time comes. 
grapefruit / 4492 posts
@Mama Bird: I asked that too, and most of them seem to be large hospital practices.
nectarine / 2431 posts
Yes, they did with my second. I want to say ten bucks? Just another example of our backwards policies about maternity...
pear / 1565 posts
I mean our pediatrician group charges for school/camp forms, but I think it's reasonable because between school/camp/sports there can be SO many (they also offer a flat fee to fill out forms for the whole year).
But with an OB, I mean, I'm sure not every pregnant woman requires forms (maybe they don't work, etc), so I really don't think it's that much to factor in having to fill out forms for each person coming in with a pregnancy?
nectarine / 2973 posts
Mine didn’t but I’ve heard other places do. Seems ridiculous to charge for that!
pear / 1992 posts
Yep! I figured that it covers the time/labor for these types of forms for people who need them vs. adding some extra cost to all patients since some will not need it. Plus over the years it seems like there are more and more forms to fill out vs. the practice being able to send a standard statement or something that the company or insurance group works with to fill out their OWN form.
pear / 1565 posts
Oh and I wanted to add since I just happened to get my FMLA form back from my OB. It's literally 2 pages with barely anything hard to fill out!
grapefruit / 4492 posts
@graceandjoy: I've never filled out based on pregnancy, my clinic is 90% breast cancer and 10% lap appy and lap chole post ops for FMLA. they're very time consuming and still don't think they should charge for them.
I am curious if the amount they charge goes to the people filling it out? Because for dealing with people's medical records, they do not pay amazingly well.
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