I'm proud to be part of the 30%. Family practice independently owned by the physicians who serve our rural community day in, day out.
@ahealthcarez
2 жыл бұрын
Awesome!! Thank you for watching and for your comment.
@formerfundienowfree4235
2 жыл бұрын
I am an RN working for a large Hospital corporation and the other night I was clocking out for break and saw something posted about our uniforms being changed to reflect the new "branding" of our growing healthcare system. The name of our hospital will be changing to represent the entire hospital system. We also get numerous emails about such "branding". It really turns my stomach as I feel that the financial side of healthcare should be considered a necessary evil, yet they are unashamedly promoting their profit driven "brand", while at the same time remaining blind to the healthcare crisis, nursing shortage, physician suicide rate which are all results of the corporatization of healthcare. They don't see how tone deaf it is to promote hospitalization, (something nobody wants), the way Disney promotes their theme parks. I get the feeling that the hospital system I work for wants to become the Amazon of healthcare and put all the little guys out of business.
@ahealthcarez
2 жыл бұрын
You are correct. Thank you for sharing your experience. It’s not good for patients.
@presterjohn1697
3 жыл бұрын
The irony is that the 30% are not really independent. They are still bound by the same pressures controlling the 70% who are owned outright by Private Equity, Insurance, and Hospitals.
@ahealthcarez
3 жыл бұрын
Excellent point! Thank you for watching.
@Mary-il6zz
2 ай бұрын
I work at a nonprofit hospital and they are buying up all nearby hospitals and doctors offices. They did not renew our contract for an independent emergency doctor
@ahealthcarez
2 ай бұрын
Thank you for sharing your experience.
@margaretmulligan8417
2 жыл бұрын
I was just going to write (you answered it at minute 5:05) - with the time limit of 7 minutes, it is just easier to write a referral to a specialist and you hit your quality metrics and keep the patient thru-put goosing the $$ train. Thank you.
@ahealthcarez
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching and for your comment.
@drshanep
3 жыл бұрын
Not our DPC office... Patients should know these numbers.
@ahealthcarez
3 жыл бұрын
#True. Thank you for watching.
@marcbolan1818
3 жыл бұрын
Independents became independent for a reason - more autonomy. Sadly those days are dwindling.
@ahealthcarez
3 жыл бұрын
Sadly True. Appreciate you watching.
@josepaulloor6449
2 жыл бұрын
Hospitals see patients as insurance policies and how much they can squeeze out from it
@ahealthcarez
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing your perspective.
@brandonhinojosa4202
3 жыл бұрын
Profit should not be involved when it comes to healthcare, period. The Hippocratic oath is something a 10 year old could understand and follow, though it's probably the case that people, who could care less about medicine, are involved in this.
@ahealthcarez
3 жыл бұрын
True. Maybe even a 9 year old. 😉 Thank you for watching.
@OnlineMD
6 ай бұрын
Medical practice in America is a prime example of the THEORY OF EVOLUTION. It has truly become a struggle for existence for physicians. I retired after practicing Internal Medicine for 40 years. The biggest blow to my practice came from Medicare, with its PRICE FIXING. Forced price fixing, to rock bottom unrealistic levels. Medicaid was worse. Medicaid paid me 50 cents per patient per month to "compensate" for the low reimbursements. When I called the local Medicaid official to say I'm quitting, she said, oh doctor, isn't fifty cents a month generous enough? I didn't know whether to laugh or cry!!! As to being owned by hospitals, the economics for primary care is this: the hospitals SUBSIDIZE the primary care docs in terms of salary, but demand a maximum of referrals and procedures. If they don't generate enough of either/both, they get stern warnings. This is truly pathetic. This is slave labor, glorified.
@ahealthcarez
6 ай бұрын
Thank you for sharing your experience.
@NarcoCrew
7 ай бұрын
Imagine how many people die due to the lack of attention to detail and incompetence these hospital systems have. Bedside manner is out the window. It’s all for profit and you know what, without sick people (customers) they wouldn’t be in business. That should scare you.
@ahealthcarez
7 ай бұрын
Thank you for watching and sharing your thoughts.
@sabraregel4579
3 жыл бұрын
PCP cost 15 dollars and specialty charge 45 dollars and plus always cholesterol pills are very famous deal
@carolharrison5780
2 жыл бұрын
Do the tree of the hospital owner. For example: Tenet Healthcare(per wikapedia)started in 1969. A law firm in Los Angels with 3 partners(always remember names for your tree)L.C., J.B, and R.E. created NME or National Medical Enterprise. I like to see them hanging with their doctor friends on the beach. Wonder who came up with the idea? Comes in handy especially by 2022. You have so many different names, LLC, branches of healthcare all covered. HELL lets buy some colleges so I can hurry and get my son through college. Honestly it's a very, very small world ........I mean whole dang world!!! It's political, international, financial so suck it up buttercups. From Old Nurse who just had her bubble popped (plus don't want to be on the hit list). I pray for an across the board healthcare cost, salaries that pay per performance, FDA approved drugs and all of us to have finger print scanner like cops when someones coming at me with a needle. (oh and pls no taxes, social security, stop healthcare bills, fraud calls and FIGHTING!!! Covid distracted us when the fraud started coming. Appreciated healthcare
@dxrulez4
3 жыл бұрын
Hi Dr. Bricker, thank you for the video! How does management (whether PE, insurance, or a hospital) influence physician behavior? Beyond that of RVU based bonuses. Also, how much of the increase in referrals do you think can be attributed to new technology? I know a lot of hospitals cite that as a major driver of growing costs.
@ahealthcarez
3 жыл бұрын
Influence/Control referrals. Wide range in referral rates by specific physicians… ie based on judgement/time of doctor. If was tech driven, would be more consistent across PCPs. Thank you for watching!!
@JaimeRobledo
2 жыл бұрын
Excellent assessment.
@ahealthcarez
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching and for your feedback.
@markusgarcia4136
3 жыл бұрын
Medicine today has clients, not patients.
@ahealthcarez
3 жыл бұрын
Ahhh… very well put. Thank you for watching!!
@michaelrocco8046
3 жыл бұрын
thank you for making these vids
@ahealthcarez
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching!
@user-lu6yg3vk9z
3 жыл бұрын
@@ahealthcarez please do a video if Physicians are being or going to be replaced with mid-level providers and machines? Have Physicians become a commodity? For Example Primary Care Physicians replaced with N.Ps/P.A.s Anesthesiologists replaced with CRNAs Surgeons replaced with Artificial Intelligence
@ericbricker3440
3 жыл бұрын
@@user-lu6yg3vk9z Thank you for the suggestion!
@josepaulloor6449
2 жыл бұрын
This is so true but we are independent
@ahealthcarez
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching.
@michaelrocco8046
3 жыл бұрын
would you be willing to start a community to further discuss these concepts? It could aid in the path to solutions.
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