From: Paul Kesselman, DPM
Well another one bites the dust. This is just another one of those MCR Part C (Medicare Replacement, I don't dare say the word Advantage) who continue to skirt the rules and make money off the taxpayers. But the patients are going to continue to seek out these plans since their mighty pocket book tells them to do so and Congress really wants patients off the FFS MCR roles so the Feds can shift risk to the private sector.
There is a way to fight back, but doctors clearly are inept to do so and will continue to either retire from clinical practice, become indentured servants to large corporations, or the few smart ones will go fee-for-service and not accept any insurance.
When will the medical profession wake up? If your neighborhood UPS driver can get a base salary of $'175K + benefits and thus avoid striking, I don't think it's too much to ask for doctors to obtain a raise once a decade (at least)!
Paul Kesselman, DPM, Oceanside, NY
