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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hit reply too fast. Do you see how this makes zero sense? You want them to know better than you but you don’t want to do what they tell you to do.

Also if they take all those phone calls they’ll never have time to actually see patients in person and also they won’t get paid. Sucks but true. Your quick phone call, multiplied by 15, plus the documentation required for it, would take up hours. [/quote]

There's A LOT of real estate between "makes $50k a year" and "makes $600k a year". Doctors could stop over-scheduling, spend more time with patients, take phone calls, work on bedside manner and still make what any American would consider a lavish sum. Nobody is asking them to impoverish themselves, just maybe make a couple thou less a day.[/quote]

Doctors have zero control over their own schedules. Unless they own their own practice, in which case they are struggling to make ends meet thanks to the insurance industry paying Pennies on the dollar.[/quote]

It looks a lot more than pennies on the dollar when I get my statements. They get hundreds for a few minutes of face time.[/quote]

That’s because you have no clue how much it costs to keep a medical practice afloat. And no primary care doctor is getting “hundreds”, plural, for a routine visit. Maybe a cardiologist.

Think if the doctor brings in 400 dollars in one hour- that’s a really good rate to bring in. They pay the receptionist 20, each MA 20, the billing specialist probably 30, and the office manager 30. You’re left with 280 an hour. Then you have to pay your rent on your office. You have to pay malpractice insurance (massive). You have to pay for your EMR that you use. Your scheduling software that you use. Your website maintenance. Your medical supplies. Your cleaning crew. Your hazardous waste removal. Your electricity. Your internet.

Now imagine you close your office for one hour for lunch, since your staff wants to eat. Eliminate that hour. Now imagine your patients expect you to call and email them back. Eliminate one more hour for that type of admin work at the end of the day. That’s 6 hours of patient care time where you get paid, and 2 hours where you continue to have expenses but don’t make money.

If people think primary care doctors who didn’t sell out to private equity firms are laughing all the way to the bank, I have a bridge to sell you. [/quote]

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