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OK peeps, I know we've had the discussion and I did look at the thread again, but I need some help from some of you who are more internet-saavy and patient than I am (not to mention I don't have wireless where I am staying right now so I'm freezing my hiney off in the local Starbuck's listening to bad music)...
Anyway, here's what was in my mailbox today:
Student Doctors,
Do you like getting paid for the work that you do? How about NOT getting paid for the work that you do?
Congress (and the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services) is currently cooking up a beauty that will cut (by 5% in 2007) the amount of money that physicians are reimbursed to treat Medicare and Medicaid patients. These cuts are projected to continue over the next 9 years (do any of you plan on practicing within the next 9 years?) for a grand total estimate of 37% in cuts. At the same time, practice expenses are expected to rise by 2-3% each year.
While we are all very busy, please take two minutes to send an e-mail to your Senators and members of Congress urging them to take action on this important issue. Go to the D.O. Advocacy Action Center and enter your zip code, and send an e-mail to them. Imagine the impact this could have if just our classmates acted…we are over 13,000 voices strong!
It is our responsibility to impact how we want to practice medicine…not just complain about it when we get out there and it isn't what we want to see.
Thanks, and good luck!
Help me help my schoolmates understand what it going on with Medicare reimbursements. Are they really going up in primary care? Can anyone give me a simple link that explains it (I know, simple+government=oxymoron)?
My guess is that 5% is the average...is primary care taking a 5% cut, too?
It makes me mad that we are being led to believe that writing letters against the proposed Medicare changes is a good thing--because as I understand it, we WANT these changes in FM!
Help...???
Anyway, here's what was in my mailbox today:
Student Doctors,
Do you like getting paid for the work that you do? How about NOT getting paid for the work that you do?
Congress (and the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services) is currently cooking up a beauty that will cut (by 5% in 2007) the amount of money that physicians are reimbursed to treat Medicare and Medicaid patients. These cuts are projected to continue over the next 9 years (do any of you plan on practicing within the next 9 years?) for a grand total estimate of 37% in cuts. At the same time, practice expenses are expected to rise by 2-3% each year.
While we are all very busy, please take two minutes to send an e-mail to your Senators and members of Congress urging them to take action on this important issue. Go to the D.O. Advocacy Action Center and enter your zip code, and send an e-mail to them. Imagine the impact this could have if just our classmates acted…we are over 13,000 voices strong!
It is our responsibility to impact how we want to practice medicine…not just complain about it when we get out there and it isn't what we want to see.
Thanks, and good luck!
Help me help my schoolmates understand what it going on with Medicare reimbursements. Are they really going up in primary care? Can anyone give me a simple link that explains it (I know, simple+government=oxymoron)?
My guess is that 5% is the average...is primary care taking a 5% cut, too?
It makes me mad that we are being led to believe that writing letters against the proposed Medicare changes is a good thing--because as I understand it, we WANT these changes in FM!
Help...???
