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Originally Posted by blueash
And this is an issue for the doctor. Had you been seen in the office the total physician time for your mild illness might have been 10 minutes face to face and five more for documentation. And he/she would have made say $120. Now instead the doctor spent 15 minutes face to face with you and still has to document for 5 minutes. So 20 minutes of time for $45. A pay rate of 135/hr which I 100% guarantee did not cover his overhead. (in the early 2000's my overhead, before I got any salary was nearly 200/hr. No idea what it is now)
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I didn't take up a moment of the receptionist's time. I didn't have to take up the clerk's efforts in dealing with the copay. I didn't risk infecting everyone else in the waiting area. I didn't sit in the exam room, which means they didn't have to clean it when I left. They also didn't have to sanitize any of the equipment (remember this was during the Pandemic) in preparation for my visit, or as a result of my visit. They didn't have to waste another pair of gloves, or another tongue depressor. I also didn't risk infecting the doctor or anyone else on the staff at the offices there.
He was typing into his laptop while he was speaking with me and while he waited for the results of my thermometer, pulse, and heart rate tests. The only "overhead" he had to deal with was someone receiving the data and plugging the billing info into the report that gets sent to the insurance company. Also, he doesn't get to set his rates. He's an employee of The Villages Health. THEY pay him, whether he sees me or not.