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Wednesday, August 31, 2005UPDATE: From a business guy: Although not a part of this discussion we must also consider the financial gain of the service providers with little or no cost associated to the purchaser/patient. Nexium comes to mind as a product with little or no cost to the consumer, but a large cost to the payer, when a similar product exist that could be purchased by the consumer, reflecting the true cost of product. I just came out of a big physical, nothing wrong. This has not stopped my physician from requesting further, more extensive test, that will be paid by my insurance. My non-economic cost are very high in lost time and the potential for even further test as she pursues every possible problem. She sees my cost as $15.00 and a financial gain to the office. Physicians are going to need to become the gate keepers and consider the cost benefits to the patients in prescribing and testing. Maximizing income potential from every patients insurance will only increase cost and worsen an already growing problem. It's true, we are just as out of the economic incentive loop as patients are. In addition, we have the added incentive to order everything to cover our butts. posted by Sydney on 8/31/2005 06:07:00 PM 0 comments 0 Comments: |
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