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Originally Posted by GreenHornet
Eleven Urologist associated with Advanced
Urology Institute announced this week that they will no longer work out of the Villages Hospital ? This is a real inconvenience to patients who will now have to go to Leesburg RMC or Ocala and Munroe RMC for any hospital services.
Has The Villages Hospital standards fallen so low that these 11 Drs. refuse to work there ?
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Would you see a PX that is not "your" PX and do it pro-bono?
The reality is that if you want "Privileges" at a facility, you also have to take "call". Sometimes (but not often), a "call" PX (most often in ED/ICU/CCU) will become a practice or provider "customer". But, in the local demographic of some hospitals - a high percentage of the PX base already has a provider who either - does not have privileges at that facility, or is out of state. Add to that the fact that Medicare more often than not does not pay for many high level specialty consults.
We can thank our government for what is going on - and this is for all specialties. If you think that YOUR Medicare is cut - you should see what is going on with the reimbursement rate on the backside. Simply, the cost of doing business is far too high.
What we all are going to see is more and more "Outpatient Surgery Centers" that are either privately owned by the providers, and more so that are partnered with companies such as HealthSouth. These facilities have a different billing structure than hospital billing (HCFA / UB92) and are far more profitable (and lower bills to the insurance companies).