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Old 03-10-2012, 09:40 AM
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Very interesting article in today's Daily Sun. The next visionary step in creating a comprehensive health care system in The Villages. Kudos to Gary Morse and USF for pioneering this concept and taking the risk to see if it will work.

Essentially, the business owner (Morse?) will hire physicians on salary thus removing the urgency to see as many patients as possible and presumably giving the patient a more thorough, personal experience.

The business side would handle all the insurance, billing, regulatory stuff. The physician would be freed up to treat patients and practice medicine. Wonder where they will recruit the doctors?

First center to open up in Colony Plaza area... smart - go to where the newest residents are coming in and looking for medical providers.

Here's a link to the article:

The Villages strives to change medical care, bring back days of
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