http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2006/11/primary-care-shortage-hits-academic.html medical blog Sun, 22 Nov 2009 07:50:13 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2006/11/primary-care-shortage-hits-academic.html/comment-page-1#comment-68723 Anonymous Sun, 12 Nov 2006 17:12:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2006/11/the-primary-care-shortage-hits-academic-medical-centers.html#comment-68723 I work in the ER in the above system. We have a dedicated staff in the ER who's job it is to find indigent patients Primary Care docs so they don't get all their primary care in the ER. Their job is really easy now. We call them, they come to see the patient, and tell the patient "we have no primary care appointments.." I work in the ER in the above system. We have a dedicated staff in the ER who’s job it is to find indigent patients Primary Care docs so they don’t get all their primary care in the ER. Their job is really easy now. We call them, they come to see the patient, and tell the patient “we have no primary care appointments..”

]]> http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2006/11/primary-care-shortage-hits-academic.html/comment-page-1#comment-68722 Anonymous Sun, 12 Nov 2006 16:08:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2006/11/the-primary-care-shortage-hits-academic-medical-centers.html#comment-68722 This coming shortage is how we can start fighting back against declining reimbursement. Physicians can drop lower paying plans and use other means such as getting paid to take call or having the hospital pay their malpractice for hospital priviledges and start to reverse what the 90s did to the profession. This coming shortage is how we can start fighting back against declining reimbursement. Physicians can drop lower paying plans and use other means such as getting paid to take call or having the hospital pay their malpractice for hospital priviledges and start to reverse what the 90s did to the profession.

]]> http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2006/11/primary-care-shortage-hits-academic.html/comment-page-1#comment-68720 Romon Sun, 12 Nov 2006 14:14:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2006/11/the-primary-care-shortage-hits-academic-medical-centers.html#comment-68720 I agree with Michael Rack I agree with Michael Rack

]]> http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2006/11/primary-care-shortage-hits-academic.html/comment-page-1#comment-68715 Michael Rack, MD Sun, 12 Nov 2006 13:20:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2006/11/the-primary-care-shortage-hits-academic-medical-centers.html#comment-68715 Even the resident primary care clinics can have a long waiting list, but they usually don't reject people. Even the resident primary care clinics can have a long waiting list, but they usually don’t reject people.

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