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Originally Posted by Villages PL
I believe I must have been the first one to ever ask who pays the doctors who work for The Villages Clinics.
Are you ready for this? It's United Healthcare!
They pay each doctor monthly, so much per patient, and I assume it must be only for the HMO members. Example: If a doctor has 1,250 HMO patients and gets $10. per month for each one, his/her gross salary would be $150,000.00 per year. But remember, that's just an example. I wasn't told the exact amount.
This leads to other questions such as, "How does this arrangement affect patient care?" Suppose a doctor orders multiple tests or refers the patients to multiple specialists? That might be bad, financially, for the HMO. Would the doctor's salary be reduced accordingly. Will doctors get a bonus for giving the least amount of care possible? Remember, HMOs are all about business.
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HMO patients never get the same care. The Dr's get paid for all patients that are assigned to him, weather they see them or not. The same check every month. weather the Villages Health care is considered an HMO, I have no idea......well, I do have an idea...I think it is, but I'm not sure. Personally, I would only use a PPO, so I can see any Dr in network....weather here in TV or another state. Same cost as the advantage HMO's (the amount Social Seecurity takes out).