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It's not much, but it's a step in the right direction.....
http://www.cms.hhs.gov/apps/media/press/release.asp?Counter=3469
Margalit Gur-Arie
My brand new Blog: On Healthcare Technology
elidan: It's not much, but it's a step in the right direction..... http://www.cms.hhs.gov/apps/media/press/release.asp?Counter=3469
Correct, it isn't much and is unlikely to positively impact the shortage any time soon.
However it will be enough to inflame the radiologists and cardiologists, who are taking a 10 - 11 % hit , to complain that earning 3- 4 x what a family doctor does isn't enough.
It's unfortunate that this 'reform' essentially is pitting one set of specialties against another.
William "Reddy" Biggs, MD
Managing Partner, 23 physician Internal Medicine group
"Live on eClinicalWorks since 2/1/2007" http://tinyurl.com/reddybiggs
Except the specialities are paid too much ...
The number of specialists in the USA is way disproportionately too high vs other other countries precisely because of the existing reimbursement schemes.
Primary care is where population health changes are most likely to occur.
Graham http://www.synapse-ehr.com/ Synapse - the EMR for the superior physician
Family Practice Salaries
http://www.payscale.com/research/US/Job=Family_Physician_%2f_Doctor/Salary/by_City
What do you think a reasonable payscale should be for the average FP across the country?
Some nurses are making more money than PCPs
http://blogs.wsj.com/health/2008/06/18/some-nurses-land-higher-salaries-than-primary-care-doctors/
This one is much more up to date, from our friends at MGMA:
http://www.mgma.com/WorkArea/showcontent.aspx?id=29312