11/21/2015    Joseph Borreggine, DPM

Lawsuit Challenged Coordinated Health's Facility Fees for Foot Care

Hospitals are pocketing money from insurance
companies in a passive income situation just
because they are a hospital. The American
Hospital Association lobby has done its job and
the insurance companies pay accordingly

Meanwhile, our fees continue to be lowered bit by
bit and year after year to the point where it is
no longer profitable to continue to stay in
business as an independent practitioner. We
become beholden to practicing in a corporate
setting rather than in a private one.

Yes, relative Value Units (RVU') is and has been
the future and in all realty and fee-for-service
is dead. Practitioners in all specialties (no
matter where they are in their career) are no
longer looking for a vocation, but rather an
avocation which is nothing more than an
occupation. No longer caring about the "fee
schedule" of an insurance company, how to
increase business revenue, or even stay
profitable.

The only thing that matters now is how much money
can one make in a year along with all the fringe
benefits.

Sounds good to me!

No longer worrying about anything in the day-to-
day operations of a medical practice and all that
goes with running a small business. Punching in
and collecting the paycheck is all that matters
now.

With all the changes in health care, why even
think about anything else?

The security of having financial peace in knowing
that every week you will get paid regardless of
possible insurance payment glitches, computer
errors, patient not wanting to pay their bills.

I find this lawsuit interesting because this is
no fault of the physician and and most likely is
in the small print of the hospital payment
policy. The hospital is now in control of making
the most money along with how the future of
health care is being delivered.

Corporate medicine is in the driver seat and the
physician is nothing more than the passenger.

Buckle your seat belt and enjoy the ride!

Joseph Borreggine, DPM

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