tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post7920982905885674763..comments2024-03-28T01:27:23.408-04:00Comments on Health Care Renewal: Who Knew? ... Judge Finds that Hospital Takeover of Medical Practices Raised PricesRoy M. Poses MDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00497209843184497847noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-36752156612465383182014-02-08T10:33:55.970-05:002014-02-08T10:33:55.970-05:00Unbelievable yet SO believable! I despair for the...Unbelievable yet SO believable! I despair for the medical profession (industry)....Judy Bnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-38452609120718218692014-02-08T07:59:38.558-05:002014-02-08T07:59:38.558-05:00This is what is happening in my community as forme...This is what is happening in my community as formerly stand along doctor’s offices have become ‘retail outlets” for their new owners. Additionally these offices are now charged with maximizing patient encounters with the result that patients will be dropped if they do not agree to all proposed testing and office visits.<br /><br />The result of this is over utilization, and while this generates Steve Lucashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02457363632413213801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-7818957040477861052014-02-08T06:51:45.743-05:002014-02-08T06:51:45.743-05:00"Much of the four-week trial happened behind ..."Much of the four-week trial happened behind closed doors, and many documents were sealed or heavily redacted. Lawyers for the hospitals — and for insurance companies and local employers — marked those parts of the trial private because they said they needed to protect trade secrets." <br /><br />Needed to protect trade secrets? <br /><br />While I realize this is primarily for Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-49200490757906397832014-02-07T13:53:36.176-05:002014-02-07T13:53:36.176-05:00The real question that should be asked is why insu...The real question that should be asked is why insurers continue to pay inflated prices to supposed hospital based services vs those not directly owned by a hospital.<br /><br />The fact they do so (as well as Medicare) has aided in driving physician practice acquisition given that once a hopspital buys up a physicians practice, it gets to charge more for all the diagnostic tests ordered and to Keithnoreply@blogger.com