Thanks Bob,
My $1200 was due to the fact that it was the wrong CPT codes. If lipids had been screening, then paid. But, if for hyperlipidemia (any code to correlate) it isn't.
Antitrust. Personally, I am sick of the antitrust stuff. Lawyers would never put up with this stuff. Bill me for $185.00, get $90 back. Or maybe the attorney insurance wouldn't cover it.
I know I can't say this, but if all of the PCPs in Maine decided to not see one group of "insured" the system would fall apart, and they would have to sit down and negotiate. That would be if we were willing to loses our licenses I guess.
The other problem as I see it is the public don't know anything about. The public is a powerful entity. They think we are overpaid. Katrina hits and the entire U.S. knows in a day and is all over the government. We and our patients put up with insurance companies day in and day out, and I doubt a Congress person would know what Medicaid pays.
