Summary:
- Study of 900 physician and medical groups
- Average of 142hrs per physician annually is spend on interacting with health plans
- Average cost to the practice is $68,274 per physician.
- Primary care physicians spend significantly more time than specialists interacting with health plans.
- "Nearly three-quarters of respondents said their cost of interacting with health plans have increased over the past two years."
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From what I read Obama's plan includes an HMO style oversight in our overall health, testing and consultants, using primary care physicians as the driver. President Obama and his administration have to decrease this as part of Health care reform if they plan to make any sort of difference. Our primary care physicians are dwindling, in part due to the decreased payment they receive and the increased admin cost.
ReplyDeleteMy personal opinion is the government is really wanting hospital based clinics and practices and to do away with the private practice concept all together.