Comments on: Know the RUC http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/02/know-ruc.html medical blog Mon, 22 Mar 2010 11:31:26 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Happyman http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/02/know-ruc.html/comment-page-1#comment-83789 Happyman Thu, 21 Feb 2008 01:18:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2008/02/know-the-ruc.html#comment-83789 FPs should definitely abandon the aafp STAT! as they have done to their constituents over the last decade.<br/><br/>As the dinosaurs retire, the more informed & web-savvy younger generation of doctors should be more discriminating about where they send random checks to invisible organizations.<br/><br/>the same can be said about the AMA, ACP, and ABIM.<br/><br/>then once we start showing everyone we are capable of trimming off the excess fat (acp, abim, hospitals, dme companies, etc.) maybe interested doctors really CAN unionize for better conditions in office-based practices. FPs should definitely abandon the aafp STAT! as they have done to their constituents over the last decade.

As the dinosaurs retire, the more informed & web-savvy younger generation of doctors should be more discriminating about where they send random checks to invisible organizations.

the same can be said about the AMA, ACP, and ABIM.

then once we start showing everyone we are capable of trimming off the excess fat (acp, abim, hospitals, dme companies, etc.) maybe interested doctors really CAN unionize for better conditions in office-based practices.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/02/know-ruc.html/comment-page-1#comment-83773 Anonymous Wed, 20 Feb 2008 15:01:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2008/02/know-the-ruc.html#comment-83773 Give me a break. The AAFP has known about this for years and kept quiet about what is probably the biggest factor in the decline of interest in primary care. They are only talking about it after a couple of bloggers finally exposed the RUC to the rank and file of our profession. Why are we sending our dues money to professional organizations which do very little to enhance our profession? Give me a break. The AAFP has known about this for years and kept quiet about what is probably the biggest factor in the decline of interest in primary care. They are only talking about it after a couple of bloggers finally exposed the RUC to the rank and file of our profession. Why are we sending our dues money to professional organizations which do very little to enhance our profession?

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