[dmz]

Pediatricians make the bulk of their money off of “well visits” for vaccines.
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Can you document this assertion. As the parent who worked closer to the kid’s schools and the doctor’s office, I spent an awful lot of time in the pediatrician’s office (3 kids).

Certainly it is just anecdotal, but that just doesn’t square with my experience.

[TNdandelion]

I agree. My experience working at the clinic says otherwise...especially with the TNCare/Medicaid kids. The physicians are paid a set amount for each patient regardless of how often they show up each month and the vaccines (VFC)are mailed to them to be distributed to their TNCare/Medicaid patients.

They do purchase vaccines for the private insurance patients but they are reimbursed by the insurance company. A well child visit is 1x per year. A physician would probably make more money having to treat a patient who came down with one of those diseases than they would charging them $150 for an exam to test and administer preventative treatment. A sick visit is $80 just to walk in the door. Additional charges apply for breathing treatments, bloodwork, IV's, shots, hospitalization......