tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post3060705278717515925..comments2024-03-18T06:27:51.599-04:00Comments on Not Running a Hospital: Alice in Wonderland had nothing on this CMS billing issuePaul Levyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17065446378970179507noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-76227221059364740932014-09-03T14:01:15.908-04:002014-09-03T14:01:15.908-04:00Now you know why we have no one choosing to join o...Now you know why we have no one choosing to join our ranks in the primary care fields. Day to day patient care gets short changed (not glitzy enough), while we spend enormous sums onmedical technology offering little improvement over the old technology.Keithnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-35982759870021088662014-09-03T09:33:39.686-04:002014-09-03T09:33:39.686-04:00Then add the roughly $400.00 payment to the ambula...Then add the roughly $400.00 payment to the ambulance company, each way, for the non emergent transport.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00463493558421877269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-51928186678170781472014-09-03T06:12:36.104-04:002014-09-03T06:12:36.104-04:00The two issues here, I think, are how much should ...The two issues here, I think, are how much should the doctor be paid for his time examining the patient and how much should he be compensated for time to travel from his home or office to the nursing home and back? The answer to the first question is likely more than he is paid now. The travel time is probably not compensated at all but should be in my opinion. Maybe CMS needs to move away from relative value units to compensate primary care while keeping them for procedures.<br /><br /><br /><br />Barry Carolnoreply@blogger.com