Comments on: Primary care physician salaries http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/01/primary-care-physician-salaries.html medical blog Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:15:05 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Throckmorton http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/01/primary-care-physician-salaries.html/comment-page-1#comment-82507 Throckmorton Fri, 04 Jan 2008 14:53:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2008/01/primary-care-physician-salaries.html#comment-82507 We have already started to see this in our community as several retail clinics have opened. One of the major trends that has occured with their opening is an increased use of specialists for what would otherwise be routine matters and direct referrals to the local ERs.<br/><br/>These clinics function with strict guidelines to help restrict liability dictating what is and what is not to be treated. They also have patients sign arbitration agreements and additional statements that state "they are not a substitute for comprehensive care and evaluation of general health". We have already started to see this in our community as several retail clinics have opened. One of the major trends that has occured with their opening is an increased use of specialists for what would otherwise be routine matters and direct referrals to the local ERs.

These clinics function with strict guidelines to help restrict liability dictating what is and what is not to be treated. They also have patients sign arbitration agreements and additional statements that state “they are not a substitute for comprehensive care and evaluation of general health”.

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