Rubicon,
I am not sure how your statements apply to the concept of overbooking patients and then expecting them to routinely wait extended periods of time past their scheduled appointments. Not all offices do this but presumably all offices are subject to the same pressures you expanded on. Also, this is not a phenomenon unique to The Villages. Medical practices are businesses providing a services. In my mind, they are no different than any other business. Again, I can accept that there are emergencies but these can be accounted for in the scheduling. I don't take it personally - I actually take it professionally - they are wasting my time for their own bottom line and I won't play and neither should anyone else. Keeping you waiting is a business decision - plain and simple. I dismiss the concept that "Drs are special and we should be thankful they keep us waiting". I bend over backward for my customers, often working evenings and weekends so they are provided the level of service they were promised.
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Originally Posted by rubicon
Too many posters are taking this issue too personally. There is a substantial community here and around The Villages that keeps growing leaps and bounds.
The government continues to expand its regulations while decreasing payments for services rendered. Insurance companies also entangle a physician in paperwork. Mal practice insurance only goes up and the costs to run an electronic medical records systems, billing etc are eating up doctors profits. Many physicians are walking away or joining groups.
Many doctors want to provide quality care to their patients, guard against errors and respond to people's health needs.
So what some may define as overbook others may say that all of the abov place a doctor un an untenable position
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