http://www.medrants.com/archives/4887 Internal medicine, American health care, and especially medical education Sat, 11 Feb 2012 15:15:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.medrants.com/archives/4887/comment-page-1#comment-529379 Paul Eckel Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:42:00 +0000 http://www.medrants.com/?p=4887#comment-529379 Even though you can charge simple fees, you still need to give info to patient so they can file their own insurance. HSA's are the logical way to match monthly comprehensive plans with secondary and tertiary to utilize insurance. Is there incentive to treat more complex problems since the flat fee only covers primary care. A good FP can do procedures that are in the contnuim of specialists. What is the incentive? Even though you can charge simple fees, you still need to give info to patient so they can file their own insurance. HSA’s are the logical way to match monthly comprehensive plans with secondary and tertiary to utilize insurance. Is there incentive to treat more complex problems since the flat fee only covers primary care. A good FP can do procedures that are in the contnuim of specialists. What is the incentive?

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