Comments on: My take: Health jobs, geriatrics, hospital employment http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/04/my-take-health-jobs-geriatrics-hospital.html medical blog Mon, 23 Nov 2009 01:35:28 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Anonymous http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/04/my-take-health-jobs-geriatrics-hospital.html/comment-page-1#comment-85028 Anonymous Tue, 15 Apr 2008 22:19:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2008/04/my-take-health-jobs-geriatrics-hospital-employment.html#comment-85028 "Doctors specializing in geriatrics averaged less income than physicians without such specialty training."<br/><br/>Translation: Doctors specializing in a 100% government funded specialty averaged less income than physicians without such specialty training.<br/><br/>The only hope for geriatrics is for "concierge" practices outside of Medicare. I am not sure I see how to do this, or if this is even realistic.<br/><br/>Ed Sodaro MD “Doctors specializing in geriatrics averaged less income than physicians without such specialty training.”

Translation: Doctors specializing in a 100% government funded specialty averaged less income than physicians without such specialty training.

The only hope for geriatrics is for “concierge” practices outside of Medicare. I am not sure I see how to do this, or if this is even realistic.

Ed Sodaro MD

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/04/my-take-health-jobs-geriatrics-hospital.html/comment-page-1#comment-85017 Anonymous Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:26:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2008/04/my-take-health-jobs-geriatrics-hospital-employment.html#comment-85017 In regards to point number 3:<br/>If primary care doctors "bring in" patients for specialty care, they should stop being labelled as "loss leaders".<br/><br/>Quite the opposite. They should be given a "finder's fee"! In regards to point number 3:
If primary care doctors “bring in” patients for specialty care, they should stop being labelled as “loss leaders”.

Quite the opposite. They should be given a “finder’s fee”!

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