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To: SmoothSail who wrote (505977)	9/2/2012 2:59:09 PM
From: skinowski	2 Recommendations Respond to of 794836

I may surprise you, but the way you describe your doctor, it sounds like he is making the right decision for himself. Think about it -- he is not a super fast kind of a guy. He likes to spend time with the patient and make sure that he understands everything and not ignoring or missing anything important. This takes time. I was the same way, but 6 years ago decided to give up my practice of 25 years, to become a Hospitalist. If your doc can get, say, 150 patients to sign up, he will get paid 2/3 of 300K before his Medicare and other fees. That is 200K. His overhead is probably in the neighborhood of 150K, maybe a bit more. The way it sounds to me, he will probably generate in fee for service about 200K. So, his income will be 200-250K. That is just a bunch of guesses and rough estimates, but.... with this income he can take as much time with each patient as he wants. He can be like Dr. House, taking as much time as needed. For a professional, this is a dream come true. So, why shouldn't he do it? If it weren't for those dumb a$$ experts, he could do it not with a 2K, but with a $1300 retainer. Yesterday we had a long conversation on the healthcare thread. If interested, take a look, up and down the thread. Here is a brief quote from one of my posts: I'm not complaining. I gave up private practice 6 years ago and my RVU's, these days, are generously supplemented by hospitals (part A)... I'm a happy camper. If my RVU's would not get supplemented, I'd be broke. The national average supplement paid by hospitals per each full time Hospitalist position is close to $150K. This is how much it takes to balance off the "wise" allocation decisions on the part of Medicare. Message 28378255