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Originally Posted by zonerboy
My wife and I were both recipients of "the letter". We were patients of TVHC from its inception when Medicare plus BCBS supplement were perfectly acceptable. Of course this letter was not an apology of any sort. They did nothing wrong in their, decision making, but if we found such decisions to be "disruptive" (our own personal decision), then they are very sorry about that. So it's all our own fault after all!
Ha! Apology not accepted.
As a retired physician myself, I am perfectly aware that docs must frequently make choices as to just which insurance plans they will or will not accept as payment for their services. In my experience, however it was extremely rare for a physician to choose to accept only ONE particular insurance plan and eliminate all others. I suppose in this particular case it was not the physicians themselves who made this decision to accept only UHC medical advantage plan, but rather the corporation which employs all the primary care docs in The Villages Health Care system. Namely the developer himself (and his family) whom I am sure are reaping a healthy profit from the arrangement.
The letter states "Our goal is to enhance health care services and improve health outcomes for everyone..." BS. Their goal is to maximize profits for themselves.
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I disagree with you. I believe the decision was made by the practice leadership who are also physicians, but have a well founded understanding of the economics of their decision.
Most likely the developer will benefit by their decision, but he is also intelligent enough to delegate the decision to those who are able to understand how to make appropriate judgements. He is not doing well because he makes decisions from a lack of knowledge or support.
To your BS, I say the practice must certainly make decisions that allow it to survive. And I must ask, how was your practice doing when you retired? If you don't understand what the practice did here, and why, my guess is that you were not doing well. Or were you an employee of the practice and not involved in decision making?
Finally, you need to quit blaming the developer for decisions you don't care for, or fail to understand.
Alright, GE, what do you think?
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