Top-earning doctors milk their patients for every dollar possible, research shows

by Jennifer Lilley, Natural News: After examining what Medicare was billed versus what it paid to clinicians, researchers from the UCLA Department of Urology and the Veterans’ Health Administration discovered what has been described as “very surprising.” Based on their findings, it would appear that they’ve stumbled upon the reason why some high-earning physicians are making top dollar: Quite simply, it is because they’re pushing more services per patient than they are actually treating them or seeing new patients.(1) Could this explain the frustrations that many patients feel when some medical professionals hastily offer them a new service, rather than taking the time to fully assess their condition? “With clinicians making more not by seeing more unique patients, but by providing more services per person, additional research needs to be done to determine if these additional services are contributing to improved quality of care,” said Dr. Jonathan Bergman, first author of the letter that details the discovery. “These findings suggest that the current health care reimbursement model — fee-for-service — may not be creating the correct incentives for clinicians to keep their patients healthy. Fee-for-service may not be the most reasonable way to reimburse physicians.”(1) Read More @ NaturalNews.com



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