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Re: Subject: Re: Yahoo! News Story - Group calls for universal health coverage From: Joanne Bulley, MD (islesannie@yahoo.com) Mon Jun 12 17:02:09 2006 Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: ainsron: "Re: amniotic fluid volumes" Previous message: Efrain Ramirez: "Re: Pfizer Sued Over Lipitor's Side Effects" In reply to: art fougner, md: "Re: Subject: Re: Yahoo! News Story - Group calls for universal health coverage" Next in thread: Dr Eberhard Lisse: "Re: Subject: Re: Yahoo! News Story - Group calls for universal health" Reply: Dr Eberhard Lisse: "Re: Subject: Re: Yahoo! News Story - Group calls for universal health" Yup and we are not allowed to "contract" with the cash patient for a "reasonable" fee - when we HAVE to take the reduced payment from the insurers. The local folks who are in the "big" multispecialty group gets higher reimbursements for the same codes than the solo private docs - presumably because they have someon who negotiates the contracts ... Pretty sad. Joanne At Mon, 12 Jun 2006, art fougner, md wrote: > >Don't stop there, Dean. Were I to pay cash for a medical service, I get >charged a higher fee than the Insurance Reimbursement for the same code >... despite the acknowleged procedural angst associated with insurance >claims. It's the only biz I'm aware of in which not only do you not get >a cash discount, but rather a cash surcharge. > >art > -- Joanne Bulley, MD Keene, NH, USA Next message: ainsron: "Re: amniotic fluid volumes" Previous message: Efrain Ramirez: "Re: Pfizer Sued Over Lipitor's Side Effects" In reply to: art fougner, md: "Re: Subject: Re: Yahoo! News Story - Group calls for universal health coverage" Next in thread: Dr Eberhard Lisse: "Re: Subject: Re: Yahoo! News Story - Group calls for universal health" Reply: Dr Eberhard Lisse: "Re: Subject: Re: Yahoo! News Story - Group calls for universal health"

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