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Follow-up for Medicaid Patients
A competing group at another hospital has been seeing Medicaid patients in the ER. When the patients call that group's office for follow-up appointments, they are told that they cannot be seen because that group does not participate in Medicaid. The patients are then being referred to my group. Isn't the first provider responsible for some period of time after initiating treatment?
Question: A competing group at another hospital has been seeing Medicaid patients in the ER. When the patients call that group's office for follow-up appointments, they are told that they cannot be seen because that group does not participate in Medicaid. The patients are then being referred to my group. Isn't the first provider responsible for some period of time after initiating treatment?
Answer: Unfortunately, no, they are not responsible to provide continuing care to patients they meet in the ER. This is a real problem in communities across the country, particularly as more surgeons cut ties with low-paying payers. More than 50 percent of surgeons do not accept all insurances.
Asset Protection and Financial Planning
December 6th 2021Asset protection attorney and regular Physicians Practice contributor Ike Devji and Anthony Williams, an investment advisor representative and the founder and president of Mosaic Financial Associates, discuss the impact of COVID-19 on high-earner assets and financial planning, impending tax changes, common asset protection and wealth preservation mistakes high earners make, and more.
Reducing burnout with medical scribes
November 29th 2021Physicians Practice® spoke with Fernando Mendoza, MD, FAAP, FACEP, the founder and CEO of Scrivas, LLC, about the rising rates of reported burnout among physicians and how medical scribes might be able to alleviate some pressures from physicians.
