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Originally Posted by Shawnee123
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My 30 yrs working in health care. Gimmie a minute and I will pull something out of cyber air.
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The primary reason physicians cease to accept new Medicare patients is the rate of payment; secondary reasons include complexity of the Medicare program, intensity of treatment needed for elderly patients, and personal preference.
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http://www.unmc.edu/ruprihealth/Pubs/PB2004-5.pdf
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"The decline in physicians providing charity care and treating Medicaid patients is a sign of the financial pressures facing physicians," said Paul B. Ginsburg, Ph.D., president of HSC, a nonpartisan policy research organization funded exclusively by The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. "With substantial pressure on payment rates from private insurers, physicians may place a lower priority on treating the uninsured and Medicaid patients."
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http://seniorjournal.com/NEWS/Medica...Physicians.htm
http://pn.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/c.../full/37/22/10
http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/12/...to-accept.html
http://www.physicianspractice.com/in...icleID/369.htm
This study shows that the acceptance had stablized during a 10 period but the threat to declining acceptance was still a threat (in the conclusions).
http://www.hschange.com/CONTENT/811/
Potential Impact of Obama Care
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124208383695408513.html
I could go on but why...
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Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!
Last edited by TheMercenary; 08-03-2009 at 11:40 AM.
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