Comments for Physicians News http://www.physiciansnews.com Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:54:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Comment on Obamacare One Year Later: Happy Anniversary, Doctor by Greg Halvorson http://www.physiciansnews.com/2011/03/29/obamacare-one-year-later-happy-anniversary-doctor/comment-page-1/#comment-6312 Greg Halvorson Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:54:58 +0000 http://www.physiciansnews.com/?p=3979#comment-6312 God bless those physicians fighting the battle for Medical Freedom... I thank all of you for sacrificing your time and treasure to the greatest cause that ever was or will be. God bless those physicians fighting the battle for Medical Freedom… I thank all of you for sacrificing your time and treasure to the greatest cause that ever was or will be.

]]> Comment on Physician Recruitment Income Guarantees Ease Hiring Of New Docs by CHris Zaenger http://www.physiciansnews.com/2010/01/14/physician-recruitment-income-guarantees-ease-hiring-of-new-docs/comment-page-1/#comment-6311 CHris Zaenger Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:33:23 +0000 http://www.physiciansnews.com/?p=2952#comment-6311 Dear Dr. Molinari: This simple answer is .... it depends on the contract you signed with the hospital. If you agreed to share the liability of the debt or to pay all of it if the doctor left then the hospital is obligated to ask you to repay te loan or they will be in violaton of federal law. I have seen some hospitals negotiate with physicans on both sides to resolve the problem if all parties are at the hospital in question. Gove this a try. Dear Dr. Molinari:

This simple answer is …. it depends on the contract you signed with the hospital. If you agreed to share the liability of the debt or to pay all of it if the doctor left then the hospital is obligated to ask you to repay te loan or they will be in violaton of federal law.

I have seen some hospitals negotiate with physicans on both sides to resolve the problem if all parties are at the hospital in question. Gove this a try.

]]> Comment on Help Your Patients Get the Benefits They Deserve by SSDAdvocate http://www.physiciansnews.com/2012/02/01/help-your-patients-get-the-benefits-they-deserve/comment-page-1/#comment-6309 SSDAdvocate Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:31:51 +0000 http://www.physiciansnews.com/?p=4583#comment-6309 I commend Eric Shore for his advocacy and dedication to helping those with disabling conditions get the benefits they are entitled to as citizens of the USA. I commend Eric Shore for his advocacy and dedication to helping those with disabling conditions get the benefits they are entitled to as citizens of the USA.

]]> Comment on Health Care Reform Debate: More Thought and Less Volume, Please by Nate http://www.physiciansnews.com/2012/01/26/health-care-reform-debate-more-thought-and-less-volume-please/comment-page-1/#comment-6288 Nate Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:33:19 +0000 http://www.physiciansnews.com/?p=4556#comment-6288 so sorry, I meant fall of 2010 so sorry, I meant fall of 2010

]]> Comment on Health Care Reform Debate: More Thought and Less Volume, Please by Nate http://www.physiciansnews.com/2012/01/26/health-care-reform-debate-more-thought-and-less-volume-please/comment-page-1/#comment-6287 Nate Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:32:04 +0000 http://www.physiciansnews.com/?p=4556#comment-6287 Great article, but its worth pointing out that many of the changes to insurance policies actually went into effect in the Fall of 2009, six months after the law was passed. Plans bought before the law was passed have "grandfathered status" and plans bought in the interum were "transitional" plans. Many plans did not fully adopt the new rules until January 1, 2010. We covered the changes in detail on our blog if you're interested. http://blog.ehealthinsurance.com/2011/03/anniversary-of-health-reform-puts-spotlight-on-consumer-impact/ We also posted a full Q&A here: http://news.ehealthinsurance.com/pr/ehi/health-care-reform-and-grandfathered-171709.aspx Great article, but its worth pointing out that many of the changes to insurance policies actually went into effect in the Fall of 2009, six months after the law was passed.

Plans bought before the law was passed have “grandfathered status” and plans bought in the interum were “transitional” plans. Many plans did not fully adopt the new rules until January 1, 2010.

We covered the changes in detail on our blog if you’re interested. http://blog.ehealthinsurance.com/2011/03/anniversary-of-health-reform-puts-spotlight-on-consumer-impact/

We also posted a full Q&A here: http://news.ehealthinsurance.com/pr/ehi/health-care-reform-and-grandfathered-171709.aspx

]]> Comment on How the Healthcare Reform Bill May Affect the Docs by Physician http://www.physiciansnews.com/2009/08/03/how-the-healthcare-reform-bill-may-affect-the-docs/comment-page-1/#comment-6286 Physician Thu, 26 Jan 2012 20:46:14 +0000 http://www.physiciansnews.com/?p=2512#comment-6286 The bill offers incentives to hospitals and doctors for NOT ordering expensive test, but not even a paragraph of the stupid bill will protect them in case they were wrong! Let's say that 99.9% you are convinced that is not necessary but but you will do it because ....the Gov won't pick up your malpractice bill! The bill offers incentives to hospitals and doctors for NOT ordering expensive test, but not even a paragraph of the stupid bill will protect them in case they were wrong! Let’s say that 99.9% you are convinced that is not necessary but but you will do it because ….the Gov won’t pick up your malpractice bill!

]]> Comment on Should Docs Use Email to Talk to Patients? by Elwood Kleaver http://www.physiciansnews.com/2012/01/23/should-docs-use-email-to-talk-to-patients/comment-page-1/#comment-6272 Elwood Kleaver Mon, 23 Jan 2012 17:57:38 +0000 http://www.physiciansnews.com/?p=4546#comment-6272 The internet regardless of what we think about it, is the way that many people communicate today. Many medical providers are using HIPPA compliant communication technologies like ConexMPS to communicate appropriate information with patients and more extensive information with their professional colleagues in a safe and protected manner. The internet regardless of what we think about it, is the way that many people communicate today. Many medical providers are using HIPPA compliant communication technologies like ConexMPS to communicate appropriate information with patients and more extensive information with their professional colleagues in a safe and protected manner.

]]> Comment on How the Healthcare Reform Bill May Affect the Docs by KU Med Student http://www.physiciansnews.com/2009/08/03/how-the-healthcare-reform-bill-may-affect-the-docs/comment-page-1/#comment-6268 KU Med Student Fri, 20 Jan 2012 21:39:14 +0000 http://www.physiciansnews.com/?p=2512#comment-6268 To doctors wife and RN, AMEN SISTER! To doctors wife and RN, AMEN SISTER!

]]> Comment on A Challenging Road Ahead for America’s Physicians by Dr X http://www.physiciansnews.com/2012/01/05/a-challenging-road-ahead-for-america%e2%80%99s-physicians/comment-page-1/#comment-6251 Dr X Thu, 12 Jan 2012 00:27:50 +0000 http://www.physiciansnews.com/?p=4508#comment-6251 Just shut my practice down to join a hospital. I was in solo practice, patients were happy, we were barely making ends meet with my wife at the front desk. Medicare collapses codes yearly - loss of the consultation code cost 20% revenue, combining X-ray guidance with procedure codes shaves another 15%. This does not include the 50% reduction in reimbursement which was phased in from 2005 to 2010. Regulations are increasing monthly both state and federal requiring full time employees just to keep up with compliance. Medicine as we knew it is dead... in another 10 years you will be lucky if you can even see a physician. I am thankful I have 20 years behind me, rather than in front of me. At least my loans are paid off. And with all of this, the lawyers fight against tort reform so the goose that lays the golden eggs for them is not killed. In the end, it will not be worth the pittance the government pays to assume the risk of providing care for patients. This is a sad situation, but it is what America wants... however, free medical care will be worth what you pay for it. Just shut my practice down to join a hospital. I was in solo practice, patients were happy, we were barely making ends meet with my wife at the front desk. Medicare collapses codes yearly – loss of the consultation code cost 20% revenue, combining X-ray guidance with procedure codes shaves another 15%. This does not include the 50% reduction in reimbursement which was phased in from 2005 to 2010. Regulations are increasing monthly both state and federal requiring full time employees just to keep up with compliance.

Medicine as we knew it is dead… in another 10 years you will be lucky if you can even see a physician. I am thankful I have 20 years behind me, rather than in front of me. At least my loans are paid off.

And with all of this, the lawyers fight against tort reform so the goose that lays the golden eggs for them is not killed. In the end, it will not be worth the pittance the government pays to assume the risk of providing care for patients.

This is a sad situation, but it is what America wants… however, free medical care will be worth what you pay for it.

]]> Comment on A Challenging Road Ahead for America’s Physicians by edna http://www.physiciansnews.com/2012/01/05/a-challenging-road-ahead-for-america%e2%80%99s-physicians/comment-page-1/#comment-6248 edna Wed, 11 Jan 2012 19:47:23 +0000 http://www.physiciansnews.com/?p=4508#comment-6248 Increase the pay for primary care physicians and reduce the passing score for step one. I believe some classes I medical school can be taught online with satalite centers for testing. This will reduce some of the students cost. Many medical students go into specialties to. Pay the high cost. So why isn't there some type of insinative for working in rural areas. Increase the pay for primary care physicians and reduce the passing score for step one. I believe some classes I medical school can be taught online with satalite centers for testing. This will reduce some of the students cost. Many medical students go into specialties to. Pay the high cost. So why isn’t there some type of insinative for working in rural areas.

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