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re: Dr Matt Chamberlain new policy
Posted on 12/5/16 at 10:14 pm to maxxrajun70
Posted on 12/5/16 at 10:14 pm to maxxrajun70
Yup, several of my clients are doing that as well. Too many cuts, they have to make up for it somehow.
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Posted on 12/5/16 at 11:13 pm to BeachDude022
As a surgical sub specialist I'm only upset that my practice doesn't lend itself to complete cash pay or concierge type membership fees. Not that I need it for the money/reimbursement aspect, but it would make the practice management soooo much easier.
Overhead in today's medical practice is insane and unfortunately, totally necessary. Reducing the cost of healthcare delivery wouldn't be difficult. Too bad nobody has the stones to do it. Good for this guy though. I'm rooting for his inevitable increase in happiness.
Overhead in today's medical practice is insane and unfortunately, totally necessary. Reducing the cost of healthcare delivery wouldn't be difficult. Too bad nobody has the stones to do it. Good for this guy though. I'm rooting for his inevitable increase in happiness.
This post was edited on 12/5/16 at 11:15 pm
Posted on 12/5/16 at 11:40 pm to Tiger Prawn
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But what happens when you need to go to the hospital or see a specialist? Still would need health insurance to cover anything that you have to go somewhere besides your primary for
The health sharing plan woul cover hospitals and specialists. It's one of the Christian based plans through which members pay medical expenses.
Posted on 12/6/16 at 8:59 am to Nynna11
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MSMHater - from your health admin perspective, what do you think about using a healthsaharing plan such as Liberty Health Share in lieu of traditional health insurance
It could, but it will all depend on the size/scope of the risk pool. Assuming you create a fair fee schedule, I'm sure offices like mine would accept it.
But how large is the risk pool? How socioeconomically diverse is the risk pool? The website said all the members "live healthy lives", what does that even mean?
I would think they would have to screen people by their living habits for it be be successful long term, kind of like life insurance. Otherwise, I think you would have a small percentage of sicker users utilizing the majority of the "shares" every year. But if you have an affluent, large, and homogeneous socioeconomic risk pool it would absolutely work in lieu of the plans offered by big payers.
This post was edited on 12/6/16 at 9:01 am
Posted on 12/6/16 at 9:37 am to Dorothy
My husband uses and really likes Dr. Eric Waguespack at the BR Clinic and I use Dr. Allison Barbin, also at BR clinic, and really like her too. I never feel rushed at my appointment and her nurses are good about calling you back.
Posted on 12/6/16 at 9:53 am to maxxrajun70
Me and my wife both use Matt as our primary. Not anymore.
Hello Teladoc.
Hello Teladoc.
Posted on 12/6/16 at 10:02 am to maxxrajun70
My dad is in the process of going this route. More and more free work for less and less pay eventually takes its toll.
Posted on 12/6/16 at 10:06 am to Dorothy
quote:i believe they cal lit Bouquet Medical Practice. My old Dr. Ferrara went that rout and i told him to frick off.
A lot of doctors are going to the VIP medicine route.
Posted on 12/6/16 at 10:14 am to Rekrul
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Matt Cameron
Matt Chamberlain was the second Pearl Jam drummers, between the Daves (Krusen and Abbruzzese). True story.
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Posted on 12/6/16 at 10:21 am to ellunchboxo
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Hello Teladoc
You are my target market right now. If TX would loosen rules on new patient televisits (current suit in court is Teledoc V Texas Medical Board), I would be marketing like crazy in La.
I'm an endocrine/diabetes clinic with infrastructure to be 100% remote if needed. One HIPAA compliant android/iphone app can get you in front of my docs instantaneously through open access times, or schedule as per a normal appointment.
IMO, it will be the future for average patients. Unless my docs need to lay hands on you, why do you need to come into the office?
Posted on 12/6/16 at 10:21 am to maxxrajun70
So my family pays >$900 per month for BCBS individual policy (both self employed) and if I was in BR and wanted to go to this doctor I'd have to pay $120 per MONTH extra?? Is that per person??? Thanks but no thanks. Walk in clinic here serves all of our purposes at this point.
BCBS allows specialty visits with no referral so if we need an ortho we go to the ortho .. have yet to ever have a problem. (Yes this can change but for now it's fine)
BCBS allows specialty visits with no referral so if we need an ortho we go to the ortho .. have yet to ever have a problem. (Yes this can change but for now it's fine)
Posted on 12/6/16 at 10:39 am to tiger91
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So my family pays >$900 per month for BCBS individual policy (both self employed) and if I was in BR and wanted to go to this doctor I'd have to pay $120 per MONTH extra?? Is that per person??? Thanks but no thanks. Walk in clinic here serves all of our purposes at this point.
The idea is that you could get a much cheaper catastrophic coverage plan for your family and then join the concierge services for your primary needs.
Posted on 12/6/16 at 10:47 am to Antonio Moss
Not really ... this is a basic high ded plan. $5600 ded. We make any changes we fall under Obamacare which for now we're grandfathered in.
Posted on 12/6/16 at 12:51 pm to tiger91
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Not really ... this is a basic high ded plan. $5600 ded. We make any changes we fall under Obamacare which for now we're grandfathered in.
Damn. I am self-employed with BCBS as well, but I got it through the marketplace. $435 for the gold plan ($1000 deductible). I was told by the insurance rep who helped me that the only difference between me going through the marketplace vs. going directly through BCBS was that I get a $40 credit due to making just under the $47k cutoff.
Going through the marketplace does not automatically mean you have "Obamacare".
This post was edited on 12/6/16 at 12:52 pm
Posted on 12/6/16 at 1:26 pm to SaintBrees
Do you have a single or family policy? We have a family one and we all go toward that same deductible.
All I know is that the BCBS reps that I've talked to (our agent is worthless) tell us, and so does all paperwork we receive, that ANY changes in our policy (ded, co-insurance, etc) may throw us out of grandfather status and into Obamacare.
Also, my income is relatively steady month to month but my husband is a rice farmer and year to year our income can vary an incredible amount. We don't want to get caught up in year to year fluctuations in premium based on our income (which maybe I have a poor misunderstanding of how it works) and then having to "pay back" money.
Also, we're 47 with 3 kids (but whether 1 or 5 kids it wouldn't matter ... 1 is = to 5 so they tell me premium wise).
All I know is that the BCBS reps that I've talked to (our agent is worthless) tell us, and so does all paperwork we receive, that ANY changes in our policy (ded, co-insurance, etc) may throw us out of grandfather status and into Obamacare.
Also, my income is relatively steady month to month but my husband is a rice farmer and year to year our income can vary an incredible amount. We don't want to get caught up in year to year fluctuations in premium based on our income (which maybe I have a poor misunderstanding of how it works) and then having to "pay back" money.
Also, we're 47 with 3 kids (but whether 1 or 5 kids it wouldn't matter ... 1 is = to 5 so they tell me premium wise).
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