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Originally Posted by Irishkatie
I am a patient of Dr. Trans because they employee PAs and NPs. The PAs have their own provider number and bill under that number at 85% of the physicians allowable Medicare fee. Most commercial insurances follow that same rule. Thank you all for the positive comments on PAs. We are well trained but only as good as the doctor we work with. I was in oncology and worked with wonderful physicians. I knew my limits and never placed a patient in harms way. I developed wonderful relationships with the patients that would return year after year for their well patient check-ups which allowed my supervising physicians to see the sicker or newly diagnosed patients. It is a model that has worked well for over 40 years now and very much needed as we all live longer and have more chronic but treatable diseases.
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I have no problem whatsoever with PA's doing THEIR job, I do have a problem with PA's doing the doctors job, as well as with those doctors. I am a heart transplant recipient as well as having antiphospholipid syndrome there is no doctors office that I wish to step into where I am not getting my primary diagnostic work done by the physician. I have a very good relationship with the PA's at the transplant center and believe that PA's have an important place in patient care BUT when I specifically make an appointment to see the doctor I will settle for nothing less. Do you ask a mechanic about your engine problems or the guys who specialize in oil changes and filter changes??