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Sabien (430 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 07:56 PM Original message |
my Doctor sacked because he "wasn't generating enough revenue" |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 07:57 PM Response to Original message |
1. WTF? That's just wrong! |
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virgogal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 07:58 PM Response to Original message |
2. Are you sure there isn't more to this? |
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silverweb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 07:59 PM Response to Original message |
3. My mom's doctor, too, a few years ago. |
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dmr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 06:20 PM Response to Reply #3 |
37. Same with one of my docs. They asked him to leave |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 08:02 PM Response to Original message |
4. This exact thing happened to me at a vet clinic I worked at 20 years ago. |
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Gman2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 08:19 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. How you deal with that is you act patronising to any question asked. |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 11:33 AM Response to Reply #7 |
35. Not at all clear how your post relates to my post........ |
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imdjh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 08:57 PM Response to Reply #4 |
16. Dentists are doing this and getting their staff to do it as well. So is the car dealer. |
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tblue37 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 09:49 PM Response to Reply #16 |
23. I never take my Toyota to the Toyota dealer here in town for any |
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imdjh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 10:06 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Someone pointed something out about the difference between dealers and local shops. |
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tblue37 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 10:59 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. Good point. nt |
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sicksicksick_N_tired (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 08:08 PM Response to Original message |
5. "Sacked" because he wasn't ALLOWED to practice within 20 miles of what clinic? |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 08:52 PM Response to Reply #5 |
13. Non-compete agreement |
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Gman2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 08:17 PM Response to Original message |
6. Keep going faster, til you fuck up, there is the sweet spot. |
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doc03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 08:20 PM Response to Original message |
8. Yes a friend's Doctor was sacked by |
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vadawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 08:33 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. seems like every other profession out there, if your not good enough to produce the clients |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 08:54 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. But this IS KEEPING the bad doctors on the books |
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The Gunslinger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 09:00 PM Response to Reply #10 |
18. yea I'd much rather have a doctor thats only worried about the dollar |
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vadawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 09:01 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. or mayby he was just a bad doctor that nobody wanted to be his patient |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 11:17 PM Response to Reply #19 |
30. Not in the modern world of corporate medicine |
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Crunchy Frog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 09:49 PM Response to Reply #10 |
24. Sure, if you equate "revenue generating" with practicing good medicine. |
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Mayberry Machiavelli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 08:32 PM Response to Original message |
9. Private medical practices are small businesses. They have revenues, and overhead. |
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exboyfil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 03:13 AM Response to Reply #9 |
32. Malpractice Insurance |
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Mayberry Machiavelli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 06:04 AM Response to Reply #32 |
34. Some doctors DO in fact insure themselves in a pool. Some very large group practices do this. |
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Berry Cool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 08:39 PM Response to Original message |
11. This is similar to what big law firms are doing. |
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santamargarita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 08:48 PM Response to Original message |
12. I know a doctor that can't get health insurance... |
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Mojorabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 08:55 PM Original message |
I am married to a family physician |
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santamargarita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 05:48 PM Response to Original message |
36. I'm truly sorry to hear that - it's a crime that care givers can't get care themselves |
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Kansas Wyatt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 08:55 PM Response to Original message |
15. Now what was this about 'socialist medical care' telling docs where to practice? |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 08:58 PM Response to Original message |
17. That's one reason MDs don't like HMOs |
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Boxerfan (710 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 09:07 PM Response to Original message |
20. A bad practice common in auto repair etc..."Flat rate " shops-I hate 'em |
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lindisfarne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 09:08 PM Response to Original message |
21. At a major public university medical center, my sister is being pressured to list herself as a |
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The empressof all (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 09:12 PM Response to Original message |
22. Common Practice in clinics |
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slipslidingaway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 10:17 PM Response to Original message |
26. Health, Money and Fear: Chapter 6 (The Pressure for Profits) |
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TreasonousBastard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 10:54 PM Response to Original message |
27. A fundamental problem in all professional practices, and one... |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 11:08 PM Response to Original message |
29. That happened to my brother |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-22-09 11:53 PM Response to Original message |
31. How do you measure the productivity of a doctor? |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-23-09 03:40 AM Response to Original message |
33. I worked for a dr once that paid 75% of going rate to employees, it was GREAT! |
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