Re: HR 4600
From: Anna Meenan, MD (annam@uic.edu)
Tue Oct 1 21:50:38 2002
Rich, if you've been stealing music off the internet I'm gonna call
Officer Obie on you. Now where did i put my 8X10 color glossies with
the circles and arrows and the paragraph on the back of each one
explaining what each one is to be used as evidence against you?
--
Anna Meenan, MD
At Tue, 1 Oct 2002, Richard Chudacoff, MD wrote:
>
>Ah, but you can download it to your computer, then burn it to a CD.
>
>--
>Richard Chudacoff, MD
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: ob-gyn-l@obgyn.net [mailto:ob-gyn-l@obgyn.net]On Behalf Of Griffiths
>Malcolm (RC9) Luton & Dunstable Hospital TR
>Sent: Tuesday, October 01, 2002 11:19 AM
>To: Multiple recipients of list OB-GYN-L
>Subject: Re: HR 4600
>
>Sadly I only have it on vinyl currently and no turntable to play it on!
>
>Malcolm Griffiths
>Clinical director & consultant - obstetrics & gynaecology
>Luton & Dunstable Hospital NHS Trust, Luton, LU4 0DZ, UK
>Tel:+(44) 1582 497533 Fax: +(44) 1582 497376
>
> -----Original Message-----
>From: Richard Chudacoff, MD [mailto:rchudacoff@mylinuxisp.com]
>Sent: 01 October 2002 17:13
>To: Multiple recipients of list OB-GYN-L
>Subject: Re: HR 4600
>
>Whoops, better blow the dust off the vinyl and listen again. (Just joking, I
>have it on CD.)
>
>--
>Richard Chudacoff, MD
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: ob-gyn-l@obgyn.net [mailto:ob-gyn-l@obgyn.net]On Behalf Of Griffiths
>Malcolm (RC9) Luton & Dunstable Hospital TR
>Sent: Tuesday, October 01, 2002 10:58 AM
>To: Multiple recipients of list OB-GYN-L
>Subject: Re: HR 4600
>
>Correction - if two do it they might just think they're both queers and
>refuse to have them! (I think it may be he used the word faggot rather than
>queer!)
>
>Malcolm Griffiths
>Clinical director & consultant - obstetrics & gynaecology
>Luton & Dunstable Hospital NHS Trust, Luton, LU4 0DZ, UK
>Tel:+(44) 1582 497533 Fax: +(44) 1582 497376
>
> -----Original Message-----
>From: Richard Chudacoff, MD [mailto:rchudacoff@mylinuxisp.com]
>Sent: 01 October 2002 14:27
>To: Multiple recipients of list OB-GYN-L
>Subject: Re: HR 4600
>
>Sounds like Arlo Guthrie's song Alice's Restaurant: If one person sings the
>refrain, they may think him crazy, and refuse to draft him. If two do it,
>they both may be crazy and get out of the draft, but if three do it, they
>may think it is a movement. And then we may get things going in our
>direction.
>
>I tried to figure this out last night: If patients stop paying insurance
>companies their premium, and I can get rid of my authorization personnel,
>charge my prices for lab studies rather than the insurance mark-up, and the
>hospitals charge a realistic price for their services (i.e. only a 10%
>rather than their 500-1000% mark-up) then we can cut costs, give better and
>quicker service, and still make a decent profit. It would take the money out
>of the siphoners and return it to the people who actually work for a living,
>namely the doctors, nurses, hospital staff and patients. It would take time,
>and a concerted effort by the entire physician work force, but it could be
>done.
>
>I applaud your solo FP for her foresight and principles.
>
>"You can get anything you want at Alice's restaurant...exceptin'
>Alice.........."
>
>--
>Richard Chudacoff, MD
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: ob-gyn-l@obgyn.net [mailto:ob-gyn-l@obgyn.net]On Behalf Of Joanne
>Bulley, MD
>Sent: Monday, September 30, 2002 10:01 PM
>To: Multiple recipients of list OB-GYN-L
>Subject: Re: HR 4600
>
>We have one local family doc (solo) who is refusing to work with
>insurance companies - effective October 1. I expect she is shooting
>heself in the foot and it will ricochet into her rear ...
>
>She plans to do a walk in service and have the patient pay cash and will
>give the patient a HCFA that can be submitted if reimbursementis desired
>. got rid of her nurse and down to bare minimum otherwise
>(marginally having someone to do the check ins ...) so it should be
>interesting - I don't think she'll be able to make it ....
>
>I don't think this town is big enough to have this fly ...
>
>Joanne
>
>At Mon, 30 Sep 2002, R L Meisel wrote:
>>
>>I saw an interesting clip on this friday on CNN ?
>>
>>A spokesman for the Trial Lawyers Assn. said " This won't help the
>>doctors. Their problem is that they keep accepting pay cuts from the
>>insurance companies."
>>
>>Now I get it! All I have to do is not sign up for any of the plans
>>and accept only cash. I bet I'll be able to cut overhead too, you
>>know no reception, no RN, no rent. If only I'd known!!!
>>
>>Ric Meisel, MD (with a new business plan)
>
>--
>Joanne Bulley, MD
>Keene, NH, USA
>
