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Medicare is proposing a 10.6% across the board reduction in fees for physicians as of July 2008. How will this affect your medical practice?
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1.6/11/2008 11:41:00 AMIt will affect my personal income and I will have to work harder
2.6/11/2008 11:42:00 AMI am not in medical practice
3.6/11/2008 11:44:00 AMI am practicing overseas
4.6/11/2008 11:46:00 AMcontinue to offer care to all
5.6/11/2008 1:27:00 PMIt makes retirement a much easier choice.
6.6/11/2008 1:55:00 PMIt will create financial hardship. I cannot increase other fees becasue insurers wont pay more
7.6/11/2008 2:09:00 PMnot seeing patients, but a good topic for writing
8.6/11/2008 2:15:00 PMit will have a major knock on effect as other insurances follow suit
9.6/11/2008 3:25:00 PMI will need to see more patients to make up the difference.
10.6/11/2008 3:25:00 PMI will need to see more patients to make up the difference.
11.6/11/2008 4:37:00 PMunsure at this time
12.6/11/2008 5:25:00 PMI work in a University-based practice and so the effect will not be direct on me, but will have a negative effect on referring to specialists and on the University Medical Center's overall well-being.
13.6/11/2008 5:25:00 PMI am no longer practicing
14.6/11/2008 6:00:00 PMI work for a hospital which will be forces to reduce services
15.6/11/2008 6:20:00 PMI will have sincere concern for my practicing collegues and its effect on US Medicine
16.6/11/2008 7:16:00 PMI have already closed my practice due to overhead exceeding payment for services across the board (Medicare, Medicaid, HMOs, private health insurance, etc.)
17.6/11/2008 10:44:00 PMIt may push me into retirement
18.6/12/2008 12:27:00 AMit won't happen
19.6/12/2008 12:58:00 AMThis is a disgrace. I just want Medicare to cover my overhead. With the expected cut, Medicare payments will not cover overhead, 50% of which is due to federal and state govt regulations
20.6/12/2008 2:57:00 AMit will decrease my income proportionally
21.6/12/2008 1:30:00 PMAcademic practice/ essentially inaffected
22.6/13/2008 1:59:00 AMretired
23.6/14/2008 2:23:00 AMIt will lower my take home income
24.6/14/2008 7:11:00 PMIt will require a reduction in nursing services that my practice can offer, as I will be forced to reduce staffing to offset simultaneous increases in overhead and decreases in re-imbursement
25.6/15/2008 5:14:00 PMI will have to see more patients. Or take another pay cut.
26.6/23/2008 11:37:00 AMincrease volume
27.6/23/2008 12:42:00 PMit will reduce my pay
28.6/23/2008 2:12:00 PMI am in a university hospital and am salaried
29.6/23/2008 3:00:00 PMI will close my practice if the HMO's follow Medicare fees down.
30.6/23/2008 3:40:00 PMThe answers are biased here. It will force me to rethink how best to provide care.
31.6/23/2008 4:35:00 PMI am salaried by a college of medicine
32.6/23/2008 9:54:00 PMI may opt out as well. Haven't decided yet.
33.6/24/2008 2:49:00 AMit will limit hiring and equipment upgrades
34.6/24/2008 7:11:00 AMHowever, it will affect my hospital
35.6/25/2008 4:11:00 PMI will have to work even harder. Private insurance will drop their reimbursement to follow Medicare. Essentially I will have less time available for all patients
36.6/26/2008 2:07:00 AMReduction in physician fees is ridiculous when cost of staff, benefits and other overhead only goes up.
37.6/26/2008 2:26:00 AMReduction in physician fees is ridiculous when cost of staff, benefits and other overhead only goes up.