One more reason it may be hard to find a primary care physician that will take Medicare, part of the issues lie with the new Medicare contractor for the area as well, big transition when getting data bases connected and data aligned. I have myself heard the same complaints from physicians offices...
This is a big problem in California, it is very difficult already to find physicians who will take Medicaid, thus the pay decrease will limit access even more and possibly the same with hospitals. With finally having a budget, healthcare facilities are now just starting to get checks as they were...
The one item in particular requiring health insurers to devote 85 percent to medical care is something perhaps we all wonder about, where does the money go? We don't know as consumers, and when faced with a claim, were there funds directed to other areas that could be used to pay claims, big...
Increased charity is one of the reasons and of course there is the pressure from Medicare and insurers to limit rate increases, but many insurers are on their way to China as posted in prior articles here. There is also the big loss of federal funds, just look at us here in California for a quick...
Words of reality quoted by this hospital CEO, "There are too many variables involved until we go line item by line item", and that is certainly one big challenge as well. Many hospitals have active fund drives in place as well as other sources of creating additional revenue compensation...
Every industry has what is called a “business model’ and different industries can all learn from each other on marketing techniques, practices, etc. to create a proof of concept, but the one industry that is different is healthcare. I guess if you wanted to call clinical trials a “proof of concept” I...
There’s a lot of focus this week on the Medicare reductions, but in California there’s also the Medi-Cal cuts. Already it is very difficult to find physicians who will still take Medi-Cal today, that battle through attrition has already be done, but the biggest potential losers in California are...
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The Medical Quack .... by Barbara Duck
on 06-29-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Insurance, Other Items of Interest, My Commentaries, healthcare, health insurance, Budgets, Medi-Cal