Doctors are fairly well-paid, no? Or is it only specialists? http://money.cnn.com/2010/02/24/news/economy/doctors_ditching_medicare_patients/index.htm --------------------------------------------------snip "To our physicians, we are providing information on their Medicare participation options, including how to remove themselves from the Medicare program," said James Rohack, president of the American Medical Association, whose more than 250,000 members include doctors, medical students and faculty members.
Some 43 million Americans receive Medicare coverage. For doctors who accept Medicare, federal law requires that reimbursement rates be adjusted annually based on formula tied to the health of the economy. That law says rates should be cut every year to keep Medicare financially sound. But Congress has blocked those cuts from happening in seven of the last eight years and could still do so this year. Those temporary fixes aren't good enough anymore, warned Rohack. He said the AMA wants the current law to be repealed and a new formula used "that more accurately reflects the cost of providing care" in determining Medicare reimbursement rates. -raghu. -- "The weather is here, wish you were beautiful." _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
