http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/09/volume-is-key.html medical blog Sun, 22 Nov 2009 07:50:13 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/09/volume-is-key.html/comment-page-1#comment-87210 Manalive Fri, 05 Sep 2008 01:10:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2008/09/volume-is-key.html#comment-87210 There are geographic differences on this point. In my lower-middle-class area, most patients have HMO insurance (if they have any insurance at all).<br/>For these HMO patients, it's a $10 co-pay no matter when I see them. Ten dollars does not even cover the overhead of their presence in the office.<br/>In such a practice, the most lucrative patients are the patients who sign-up with a doctor, but never go. There are geographic differences on this point. In my lower-middle-class area, most patients have HMO insurance (if they have any insurance at all).
For these HMO patients, it’s a $10 co-pay no matter when I see them. Ten dollars does not even cover the overhead of their presence in the office.
In such a practice, the most lucrative patients are the patients who sign-up with a doctor, but never go.

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