I'm in the process of establishing a "new" practice in a different
location. Having experienced working in Medicine prior to Medicare
I've decided that the best system, after all, is to give the patient an
account for what one thinks the service is worth and leaving them to
bring Medicare into it. As far as is possible we have ignored
Medicare's rules and what it is prepared to refund the patient. It is
not possible to ignore the system completely (the patient needs the
numbers to get any sort of refund) but it is a liberating feeling to be
able to value oneself freely in what has become a rigid system which is
slowly strangling the life out of what I would call Medicine (with that
capital M). It took quite some talking to make my staff understand the
principle, which just shows how the bureaucracy has altered the general
attitude to medical services. It'll be an interesting experience...we
may have no patients soon, but it's worth a try. G
ash wrote:
Richard Hosking wrote:
In a private billing practice the workflow would be different, though
remeber that nearly 80% of all services are B*B* in OZ
suggesting that you should consider becoming part of the minority richard ?
a change is as good as a pay rise (or certainly less work - even if you
charge upfront m*c* rates and had over the voucher after eftpos, and let
the patient sort out the government)
i guarantee there are very few people who don't have other plastic than
the green and yellow one in their collection
:-) ash
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