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Name:   roswellric The author of this post is registered as a member - Email Member
Subject:   Family doctor's patient list...pay to stay
Date:   2/8/2012 4:37:14 PM (updated 2/8/2012 4:38:28 PM)

Some doctors do this so they can get back to practicing medicine instead of running a patient mill. The annual fee is designed to cover the overhead of the practice. What you may or may not know is many doctors donate their time in free clinics and some don't even bother to bill for medicaid because of the reimbursement rates and the hassle.

I lost my first Internal med guy to a concierge practice almost 11 years ago. His main reason at the time was to slow down his practice so he could actually be a doctor. Internal Medicine guys are like detectives and love the regimen of the diagnosis. So Concierge really fits them better.

The real problem with Obamacare is the decrease in Medicare to Medicaid payment levels. My urologist told me he would retire first. There will be a terrible shortage of specialists but like my U-Doc said " You'll be able to see a doctor alright he just won't speak English. 

My current internal med guy went concierge last month and a couple of weeks later I met my new guy from Bangadesh.
 
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Family doctor's patient list...pay to stay - 4691 - 2/8/2012 10:57:58 AM
     Just the beginning - MartiniMan - 2/8/2012 11:12:24 AM
          Just the beginning - lamont - 2/8/2012 12:51:24 PM
     MM is right - Summer Lover - 2/8/2012 2:28:22 PM
     Family doctor's patient list...pay to stay - roswellric - 2/8/2012 4:37:14 PM
     Family doctor's patient list...pay to stay - Talullahhound - 2/8/2012 5:00:38 PM
          Very Much Like a Dose of Herpes>>> - Mack - 2/8/2012 7:12:01 PM
               Very Much Like a Dose of Herpes>>> - Talullahhound - 2/8/2012 9:20:26 PM
                    Very Much Like a Dose of Herpes>>> - Talullahhound - 2/8/2012 9:31:30 PM
                         Hound, Thanks for the lecture>>> - Mack - 2/9/2012 12:57:56 PM
                              Hound, Thanks for the lecture>>> - Talullahhound - 2/9/2012 2:37:24 PM
                                   Hound, Thanks for the lecture>>> - Mack - 2/9/2012 3:50:20 PM
                                        Mack, I'd be the last person - Talullahhound - 2/9/2012 7:49:48 PM
                                             Hound, You Don't Get It - MrHodja - 2/9/2012 10:44:30 PM
                                                  Hodja -- I do get it - Talullahhound - 2/10/2012 6:22:13 AM
                                                       Correct assessment - Barneget - 2/10/2012 9:53:17 AM
                                                       Hodja -- I do get it - MartiniMan - 2/10/2012 11:02:20 AM
                                                            Hodja -- I do get it - Talullahhound - 2/10/2012 2:16:47 PM
                                                                 What the Catholic Church understands - MartiniMan - 2/11/2012 12:46:22 PM
                                                                      Don't you think - Talullahhound - 2/11/2012 12:52:49 PM
                                                                           Don't you think - MartiniMan - 2/11/2012 4:58:29 PM
                                                                                Don't you think - Talullahhound - 2/11/2012 7:53:43 PM
                                                                                     Not at all - MartiniMan - 2/11/2012 9:40:08 PM
                                                                                          Not at all - Talullahhound - 2/11/2012 10:18:00 PM
                                                                                               This thread... - 4691 - 2/11/2012 10:21:29 PM
                                                                      Adequate access to contraceptives - Barneget - 2/12/2012 10:13:05 PM
                                                       Hodja -- I do get it - MrHodja - 2/10/2012 3:48:01 PM
                                                            But - Talullahhound - 2/10/2012 6:27:00 PM
                                                                 One Quick Response - MrHodja - 2/10/2012 7:57:53 PM
                                                                      One Quick Response - 4691 - 2/11/2012 9:37:55 AM
                                                                           One Quick Response - MrHodja - 2/11/2012 11:27:00 AM
                                                                                One Quick Response - Talullahhound - 2/11/2012 12:58:19 PM
                                                                                     One Quick Response - MrHodja - 2/11/2012 3:27:00 PM
                                                                                          One Quick Response - Talullahhound - 2/11/2012 8:04:24 PM
                                                                                          BTW, Hodja... - Talullahhound - 2/11/2012 8:05:57 PM
                                                                                               BTW, Hodja... - MrHodja - 2/11/2012 8:45:25 PM
                                                                                               BTW, Hodja... - Casey - 2/11/2012 9:20:46 PM
                                                                                               [Message deleted by author] - Casey - 2/11/2012 9:20:55 PM
                                                       [Message deleted by author] - MrHodja - 2/10/2012 3:48:02 PM
                    Very Much Like a Dose of Herpes>>> - MrHodja - 2/8/2012 9:36:28 PM
                         Okay - Talullahhound - 2/8/2012 9:45:11 PM
                              Okay - buzzbuster - 2/8/2012 11:33:02 PM
                                   Okay - Talullahhound - 2/9/2012 7:15:35 AM
                                        Okay - Barneget - 2/9/2012 8:37:23 AM
                                             Clinics for the masses..... - Osms - 2/9/2012 9:09:57 AM
                                                  Clinics for the masses..... - Talullahhound - 2/9/2012 7:56:11 PM
               Well now... - roswellric - 2/9/2012 11:16:45 AM
          Family doctor's patient list...pay to stay - rude evin - 2/8/2012 9:19:55 PM
               But - Talullahhound - 2/8/2012 9:29:02 PM
                    But - MrHodja - 2/8/2012 9:44:02 PM
                         But - Talullahhound - 2/8/2012 9:49:19 PM
     Family doctor's patient list...pay to stay - Osms - 2/8/2012 10:30:47 PM
          Family doctor's patient list...pay to stay - GoneFishin - 2/8/2012 10:36:58 PM
               Family doctor's patient list...pay to stay - comrade - 2/8/2012 11:04:34 PM
          Family doctor's patient list...pay to stay - Talullahhound - 2/9/2012 7:07:04 AM


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