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Originally Posted by riley2011
They don’t accept it because with regular Medicare the doctor only gets paid when he sees the patient. With an advantage plan the doctor gets paid a certain amount every year for every patient he has whether he sees you or not.
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The latter is the model VHS was set up as. The PCPS are paid a salary. Their schedules are limited to X patients per day. Each patient gets plenty of face time with the docs. If I remember correct a minimum of 30 minutes. This was advertised as the Marcus Welby welcare with the emphasis on prevention.