When too much is too little

May 12, 2008

How palliative care is not emphasized during medical education nor is valued by Medicare:

“When a three-person palliative care team made up of a doctor, a nurse and a psychologist spends 90 minutes in a meeting with a family, Medicare would probably pay $130 to $140″”for all three people . . though it would be hard to say that one of us is practicing more sophisticated medicine.”



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1 Anonymous May 12, 2008 at 10:06 pm

90 minutes? Since when? The day my Dad had his heart cath following his heart attack, The 2 doctors came into the waiting room, told us he would not survive, and we could expect to lose him in the next 48 hours. They spent all of 5 minutes (if that) in that rm. with a spouse that was devastated and 4 kids who had alot of questions.

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