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Old 11-11-2014, 12:57 PM
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Originally Posted by Mikeod View Post
What would be interesting would be a similar chart showing the year to year rise in utilities, wages, rents, insurance, supplies, etc. in the health care sector. If a rise in reimbursement rates is well below the rise in costs to provide the services, there is a problem.
Where is the base point?
There a reality the base being charged by doctors was significantly over stated in the first place knowing there would be varying approved levels of payments by differing insurance providers.

PAyment reductions or non increases are not an apples to apples comparison to wages or compensation that is paid without such variances.