You call for an appointment and are told it will be about 20 days.
You arrive on time only to sit in the apt named waiting room for 40 minutes.
You see your primary care doctor (PCP).
You start to explain why you came in.
Tag Archives: fee for service
May 19, 2014
April 11, 2014
Doctors Ought To Get Paid However They Choose To See Their Patients
Hans Duvefelt explains the strange world he lives in: He can freeze some warts in less than a minute and send a bill to a patient’s commercial insurance for way more money than if he spent fifteen minutes changing someone’s blood pressure medication.
Why’s this the case? For one, he’s a victim of red tape i.e. governmental market manipulation.
March 31, 2014
Welcome To The Broken American Healthcare System. Where Dissatisfied Docs Can’t Provide Quality Care.
According to Afshine Ash Emrani, MD, the worst news in healthcare isn’t antibiotic resistance, drug-drug interactions, hospital-acquired infections, and definitely not the alarming rate of obesity in our youth.
No, the worst news is the increasing number of dissatisfied physicians.
March 19, 2014
ICD-10 Billing Codes Cover Everything That Happens On And Off The Silver Screen
You know this guy, right? Rapper-turned-actor Will Smith is also the only person who’s tried to kill himself with a jellyfish.
You’ve heard the stories about ICD-10 billing codes covering everything under the sun — suicide via jellyfish included. Well, in case you’re wondering where the idea came to kill yourself with a tentacular sea creature, look no further, we found the inspiration — Hollywood.
March 18, 2014
Fee-For-Service Private Practices Face Dark Times.
Dr. Tracy Ragland, 46, an independent primary care physician, is anxious about the future of her small practice. The law is bringing new regulations and payment rates that she says squeeze self-employed doctors out of even practicing medicine. She cherishes the autonomy of private practice and speaks darkly of the rush of independent physicians into hospital networks, which she sees as growing monopolies.
“The possibility of not being able to survive in a private practice, especially primary care, is very real,” she said.
July 9, 2013
Dr. Josh Explains Membership Models versus Pay-For-Fee
Dr. Josh took a minute out of his day to answer a question he’s been getting asked a lot lately: Why does’t Atlas MD just use the fee-for-service model that’s been the staple in healthcare? Listen to Josh explain the Direct Care Membership Model and why it makes sense.