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Re: Blame for HMO's--was Health Insurance & HMOs From: Myer S. Bornstein (mborn@massmed.org) Tue Dec 30 15:06:13 1997 Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: Larry glazerman: "Re: "pain mapping"" Previous message: anil: "Re: GEN/COMP record keeping, electronic, for OBs?" God!!! I am coming up to 29 years of practice and have tried to run a cost effective practice during that time. BUT!!! I could not since the insurance companies would not pay for procedures in the office, they had to be done in the hospital. The HMOs still are not cost effective, by not paying a facility fee they force procedures that could be office based into the hospital or to a surgicenter. We can save money in the practice of medicine. Look at what you do and say is this test going to make a difference in what I do. if not is the test needed, or is being done since that is always the way we did it or is it because if sued we can say we did the "test". >I have plenty to feel guilty about already, e.g., W.W.II and the atomic-bombing of Japan, the holocaust, >race relations, male chauvinism, etc., etc. No I do not feel guilty about any of the above. I always try to treat a person as a person. we are all brothers and sisters under the skin. -- Myer S. Bornstein, M.D. FACOG Director Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Morton Hospital and Medical Center Taunton, MA 02780 Mass State Representative obgyn.net >Gosh and Golly! Now we are indulging in blame and finger-pointing at >yesteryears' or "senior" physicians for not becoming "cost-effective." This >in turn has lead into the abyss of mangled care? I don't think so. I have >been in practice for 27 years and I have plenty to feel guilty about >already, e.g., WWII and the atomic-bombing of Japan, the holocaust, race >relations, male chauvinism, etc., etc. Not being "cost-effective" in my >earlier years in practice is one item for which I will *not* take the rap. >Gerald P. Rodriguez, M.D., FACOG >|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| Next message: Larry glazerman: "Re: "pain mapping"" Previous message: anil: "Re: GEN/COMP record keeping, electronic, for OBs?"

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