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ProSense

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Reply to Sgent (Reply #8)

Wed Feb 1, 2012, 03:01 PM

Feb 2012

a good list connecting the dots. It appears, the issues can be summed up as a shortage of doctors and flaws in the reimbursement rates. Those two issues appear to compound the other problems.

The Accountable Care Organizations (https://www.cms.gov/ACO/) were designed to address some of these issue. There is also the wrangling over the "doc fix."

Clearly, there are a number of issues with Medicare that need to be resolved, but focusing on increasing the number of primary care doctors and resolving the reimbursement-rate issue should be priorities.

The existence of ACOs will ensure quality of care and resolve some of the payment issues.

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Choice in Medicare is Stronger than Ever in 2012 [View all] ProSense Feb 2012 OP

Maybe, but my neighbor can't find a doctor who will accept new Medicare patients. SharonAnn Feb 2012 #1

Not ProSense Feb 2012 #3

Almost every primary care non-pediatrician/non-concierge physician I know is signed up for Medicare Sgent Feb 2012 #4

I ProSense Feb 2012 #5

There's a few issues Sgent Feb 2012 #8

That's ProSense Feb 2012 #9

That may happen in some places. Here in Minnesota, all the multi-discipline clinics MineralMan Feb 2012 #7

K&R Whisp Feb 2012 #2

There are two things I like about my Medicare Advantage policy. Lugnut Feb 2012 #6