Have you considered a direct care practice? My doctor (a D.O.) took the leap and couldn’t be happier. No coding, no lousy re-imbursement, no hours spent on useless documentation.
Mrs. AV
I am a hospitalist, I care only for hospitalized patients, so it wouldnt work for me. I can hardly tell someone that I have the medications and therapies to help their acute heart attack, severe pain or whatever and will be happy to provide my services as soon as they pay cash up front.
Im glad for the outpatient docs that go direct care, but it does leave a lot of patients in a lurch. My parents lost their doc in Florida when he went to a boutique practice and they couldn’t afford his rates.... Great for the people that can afford it not so good for others
My personal idea to reform healthcare is to go to high deductible catastrophic coverage, and let folks pay out of pocket up to that point. Combined with health care saving accounts, it gives everyone skin in the game. Fewer people will call an ambulance for a sore throat if they know they have to pay the first x thousand dollars out of pocket - they will go to the urgent care for the 25 dollar throat culture instead.