Posted on 08/07/2018 2:21:58 AM PDT by markomalley
“I dont know who your cardiologist is...but six hundred bucks is pretty shy.”
that’s not what he billed, but what he actually got paid ...
Many specialist will run screaming from Medicare only. I know Tricare is the retirement plan, but is that akin to a civilian supplemental plan?
Thanks
Thanks - been on TriCare and now TriCare for Life so, unless I peruse any billing statements, I’m often unaware of the actual cost of something......ignorance can be bliss.
I CAN tell you that we base out performance on the Medicare cost reimbursement for every stay. We also base an equal proportion of our performance on the Medicare survey scoresso the combination actually means we have to find a way to do it cheaper, and fasterbut in such a way that the patient sSTILL gives us a good rating. So we are nice and competent.. but we are running like hell behind the scenes.
Our margin for the quarter was tiny.
And Y’all are doing a great job - my wife and I know how fortunate we are to have the coverage/care we enjoy.
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