July 16, 2015 by admin
The Philadelphia Inquirer on July 12, 2015 reports that one consequence of hospitals’ buying up physician practices is that routine procedures are now being performed more often in the hospital than in the doctor’s office. This is costing more as Medicare pays more if your colonoscopy or echocardiogram is done in the hospital. The differences […]
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May 6, 2015 by admin
In 2013, Court TV founder Stephen Brill wrote a 26,000 word Time Magazine cover article addressing the question of why our medical bills are so high. One finding, which was not surprising to personal injury lawyers, was that there was no uniform cost for a particular medical treatment or service. (Lawyers of a certain age […]
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