I read on CMS website that the cash carrot will turn into a stick 2015. There will be a minimum 2% penalty for non-participation which has future cuts as high as 5%, just as there is with ERx currently.
If doctors weren't so darn independent, we could unite and effect positive change. The problem with us is that we all have the "way I'd do it" mentality because we were all trained to be independent thinkers and scientific analysts. I am convinced that if every doctor in America said, "on July 1st, we are not going to work unless you fix this problem with healthcare," and we did not staff the E.D.'s, the ICU's, the surgical suites, and the medical clinics the problems in our healthcare system could be fixed by July 2nd.
Last edited by LauerDO; 01/05/2012 5:59 PM.
