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re: Why Are All the Doctors Leaving Comprehensive Pain Management in BR?
Posted on 1/11/18 at 12:23 pm to saint tiger225
Posted on 1/11/18 at 12:23 pm to saint tiger225
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We used to go to one in New Orleans. For $450, he'd give you an MRI, with your name on it but obviously someone else's MRI, and scripts of Percocet, roxy and valium. He used to give oxycontin until they fricked that up. The first visit was the only one that was $450, bc of the MRI. After, you had a "legit" MRI and the monthly
In the New Orleans area, one of the major operations has a doc that owns the pain clinic, and several imagining centers, where you get your MRI, which is read by the Doc who is not a radiologist or board certified in any medical specialty, then you can get your pain meds from the pharmacy down the street owned by his brother who is a pharmacist.
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Posted on 1/11/18 at 12:48 pm to EA6B
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the New Orleans area, one of the major operations has a doc that owns the pain clinic, and several imagining centers, where you get your MRI, which is read by the Doc who is not a radiologist or board certified in any medical specialty, then you can get your pain meds from the pharmacy down the street owned by his brother who is a pharmacist.
This is the root of the reason why many pain docs are getting out. Most pain docs made the vast majority of their money through ancillary services like toxicology. CMS has cut those services way back so that there isn’t nearly enough money to share with doctors. As a result many pain docs are bailing on the hassle of the opioid crisis.
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