http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2006/11/reliance-on-specialists-is-driving-up.html Tue, 14 Feb 2012 19:56:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2006/11/reliance-on-specialists-is-driving-up.html#comment-69322 Anonymous Mon, 04 Dec 2006 19:52:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2006/11/reliance-on-specialists-is-driving-up-the-cost-of-care.html#comment-69322 this looks awfully familiar to an article written by john abramson this looks awfully familiar to an article written by john abramson

]]> http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2006/11/reliance-on-specialists-is-driving-up.html#comment-68725 Anonymous Sun, 12 Nov 2006 17:37:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2006/11/reliance-on-specialists-is-driving-up-the-cost-of-care.html#comment-68725 Cognitive specialty? Please. Sometimes I think no cognition is going on anymore in primary care. Refer, refer, refer. Cognitive specialty? Please. Sometimes I think no cognition is going on anymore in primary care. Refer, refer, refer.

]]> http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2006/11/reliance-on-specialists-is-driving-up.html#comment-68712 Anonymous Sun, 12 Nov 2006 12:53:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2006/11/reliance-on-specialists-is-driving-up-the-cost-of-care.html#comment-68712 So the financial incentives are there from an beaurocratic view, the data is their from a primary care review. So what's the hold up? Who's forcing us to remain heavily specialist dependent? Is it the specialists societies and their lobbying? Is it fear of malpractice? Is it primary care playing the efficiency card (easier to consult GI for abd pain than figure it out). If the gov't would just increase reimbursement for the cognitive specialty, we could find out if the hypothesis is true. So the financial incentives are there from an beaurocratic view, the data is their from a primary care review. So what’s the hold up? Who’s forcing us to remain heavily specialist dependent? Is it the specialists societies and their lobbying? Is it fear of malpractice? Is it primary care playing the efficiency card (easier to consult GI for abd pain than figure it out). If the gov’t would just increase reimbursement for the cognitive specialty, we could find out if the hypothesis is true.

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