As much as I hope to the high heavens you guys may be onto something here, I feel that like many other cash only set-ups opportunities like these are few and far between. And worse yet, with the major drags on the economy especially in terms of primary care, most people will bitch and moan and continue to go to the big factory practice down the road who still take their crumby insurance. Heck we live on half of what those bastards get because we refuse to pump 30-35 patients thru a day, and we just had a big family, six kids and parents sign out because they didn't get their f'ing referal for a life long, no rush condition taken care of "fast enough". Well if we were a factory who made you wait an hour in our waiting room we could afford a separate "referal person". I hate the position. An entire paid staff member created by nothing more than this monster of managed care, and they don't pay ya even a dime better for all that paperwork and managment. Allow them to access my office on equal terms and we would all "opt-out" in a heartbeat.
Anyway, I was going thru some old emails today and found something Al had sent me a while back. Why neither of us posted it back then I don't know, but it sure does fit this topic pretty well. Enjoy the articles (not!)
Paul
http://www.usnews.com/articles/business/best-careers/2007/12/19/the-most-overrated-careers.htmlhttp://www.usnews.com/articles/business/best-careers/2007/12/19/overrated-career-physician.htm
