The 10% Medicare cuts are going to hurt most physicians. Some are passing on the cuts to patients. Great idea, but is that legal?
Christofides said that if the cut takes effect, she will charge all her patients a fee to recoup her costs, which have risen while Medicare payments have remained flat since 2002.
(via The Medical Quack)
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In derm (and a disconcertingly large number of other specialties) less Medicare = more Botox. The medical dermatologist is a dying species.
It will be increasingly difficult to find a physician willing to manage a pemphigus patient: the effort to reimbursement ratio becomes too high.
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