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Are MDs Diagnosing Us into Poor House?
Glad to see that in this piece CNN Money made a point to say that a diagnosis of Sleep Apnea is a legitimate medical diagnosis: http://moneyfeatures.blogs.money.cnn.com/2009/07/25/are-mds-diagnos...
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Permalink Reply by Jim Nadolny, BS, CRT on
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Permalink Reply by RockRpsgt on
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i think they make a good point when they talk about over diagnosing and testing pts driving up the cost. I also think that we need to look at the lawyer's, and insurance companies roles in this process. medical malpractice premiums in some states has gone as high as $200,000. While insurance companies are still paying for older more expensive treatments rather than newer ones. It is the entire system that is driving cost up. i do not believe that we can put the blame on anyone or any area of the medical field.
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I think it is kind of funny how the media keeps bringing us news like this as if they were not in a position to do something about it.
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Permalink Reply by Eric Thayer on
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A good change would be trying to reward/compensate on patient outcome rather than per test/visit.
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From what I have heard insurance companies are starting to do this on their own. they are going to start compensating doctors on successful treatments. A doc with a poor record might be under scrutiny from certain providers. just here say though. i have no way to validate the info.
Eric Thayer said:A good change would be trying to reward/compensate on patient outcome rather than per test/visit.
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Permalink Reply by Judy on
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Ouch! That COULD be hard on doctors who treat a lot of chronic health conditions! Or those who treat a lot of terminal illnesses.
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I would hope that they would take the severity of the initial condition or the general patient outcome profile into account too.
Judy said:Ouch! That COULD be hard on doctors who treat a lot of chronic health conditions! Or those who treat a lot of terminal illnesses.
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