Comments on: What happens when you refuse insurance http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/08/what-happens-when-you-refuse-insurance.html Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:27:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: Anonymoushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/08/what-happens-when-you-refuse-insurance.html#comment-79660 Anonymous Tue, 28 Aug 2007 04:36:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/08/what-happens-when-you-refuse-insurance.html#comment-79660 I think there are other aspects that aren't being discussed here. Why would he decide to go from OB to FP, when he could just move his practice location. Perhaps the competition was too much. Dropping insurance is a reasonable option if there is no over-saturation in your market. If you are the only game in town, it is much more feasible. A doctor in CA has devised a system of buying hospitals, dropping the insurance, and charging Usual and Customary to the insurance admits/patients. Each of the hospitals are doing quite well as a result. Perhaps we aren't seeing the whole picture in this guy's case. I think there are other aspects that aren’t being discussed here. Why would he decide to go from OB to FP, when he could just move his practice location. Perhaps the competition was too much. Dropping insurance is a reasonable option if there is no over-saturation in your market. If you are the only game in town, it is much more feasible. A doctor in CA has devised a system of buying hospitals, dropping the insurance, and charging Usual and Customary to the insurance admits/patients. Each of the hospitals are doing quite well as a result. Perhaps we aren’t seeing the whole picture in this guy’s case.

]]> By: Anonymoushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/08/what-happens-when-you-refuse-insurance.html#comment-79644 Anonymous Tue, 28 Aug 2007 02:09:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/08/what-happens-when-you-refuse-insurance.html#comment-79644 And what happens if you don't refuse insurance and continue down the current path?<br/><br/>Which way is more likely to result in a change for the better for all physicians?<br/><br/>No one said doing so would be without pain. But what option do you have? And what happens if you don’t refuse insurance and continue down the current path?

Which way is more likely to result in a change for the better for all physicians?

No one said doing so would be without pain. But what option do you have?

]]> By: Anonymoushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/08/what-happens-when-you-refuse-insurance.html#comment-79630 Anonymous Mon, 27 Aug 2007 23:40:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/08/what-happens-when-you-refuse-insurance.html#comment-79630 He would have been able to recover from an 18% decline in volume in an otherwise healthy practice. It came on top of dramatically escalating malpractice premiums, and perhaps other business problems which we are not told about. He would have been able to recover from an 18% decline in volume in an otherwise healthy practice. It came on top of dramatically escalating malpractice premiums, and perhaps other business problems which we are not told about.

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