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Originally Posted by CFrance
He would have to stop accepting Medicare period. We have medigap insurance that is good anywhere that accepts Medicare. He is private, not in a group, and not beholden to any higher authority. I chose OB's that way long ago and have always chosen doctors that way as well.
Sure he could decide not to accept Medicare, but that is less likely than what is happening with "Dr. Welby-promoted" VHS.
Don't know what your agenda is, Jayhawk. People are being cast off after promises of great care. I call that false advertising.
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Oh, but your doctor--the kind of doctor I value, too--IS "beholden to a higher authority", which is Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
I would count on
nothing when it comes to government and private insurers, because both are in bed together via politicians and lobbyists!
See the full story on this, the most-read article this week on this blog, "Social media's leading physician voice":
How MACRA will decimate the private practice physician
"....Recently, I attended an “informational listening session” for rural physicians, sponsored by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to learn more about the new MACRA proposal known as MIPS/APM (Merit-Based Incentive Payment System/Alternative Payment Model.)
This plan will penalize 7 out of 10 small 1 to 2 physician practices in this country. Why? Because we will be overwhelmed complying with statistical reporting demands that do nothing to enhance the quality of care, instead of spending precious time seeing patients.
I inquired as to how CMS proposes to ease our burden of data reporting.
“I am not sure, but leave a website comment and someone might consider your needs.”
Not likely. A family practice physician described how technical mistakes at the claims clearinghouse froze her Medicare payments for eight months.
“Thank God my father died and left me a small inheritance,” she said.
Otherwise, her solo practice would have gone bankrupt.
Is this the future of medical care in this country? Over 50 percent of her patients are on Medicare. If we allow this MACRA atrocity to go into effect, who will be left to care for the sick, disabled, and elderly?...."
How MACRA will decimate the private practice physician