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[Law2Doc]

Not sure Gen Res is the right board for this -- trainees aren't going to be the billing physicians of record so most who read this won't be on here. I also am not sure what you are trying to say here -- Medicare is one form of payment many physicians bill for. It neither reflects those physicians entire billings nor does it reflect the actual salaries they are paid. Its essentially just a portion of accounts receivable of the employer entity. It will perhaps tell you which physicians do a lot of their work for Medicare patients (which will be most) but I don't think you can draw many useful conclusions from these figures. Please expand on what you are trying to say/allege.

 

[Winged Scapula]

Exactly.

This only shows CMS reimbursement not payments from private insurers (so doesn't reflect anywhere near my actual gross salary, as my practice is only about 11-13% Medicare).

 

[Winged Scapula]

I just looked you up. You're clearly robbing the gubernment blind.

Ha ha..yep, I'm going to ask Pablo to bring me another margarita on CMS' $68K dime.

Actually what I found most interesting was the difference in CMS reimbursement *by CPT code* between my partners and I. I expected some variation, based on plan, multiple procedure deductions and zip codes, but was surprised at how much difference there was.

The numbers actually seem low for us given the patient population (I'd expect that one of my partners has probably > 30% Medicare population); I know some of our payments are made out to the corporation rather than the individual provider. Not sure where that's reflected.

 

[Psai]

Just 81st percentile? Not doing a good job of living up to the mythos of sdn are we

 

[Winged Scapula]

Just 81st percentile? Not doing a good job of living up to the mythos of sdn are we

LOL...81st percentile compared to just 16 General Surgeons in my zip code, most of whom do the bulk of non-breast related surgery on Medicare patients; I'm at 88th percentile for per patient reimbursement and 3 times the CMS reimbursement for the breast surgeon down the street. 😛 (I also note that they are comparing my partner in a completely different zip code using her office address from 8 years ago, so Im not sure those percentiles are meaningful).

My numbers are low because my Medicare population is low. Most of my patients are privately insured.

Don't worry...the mythology is intact. I make a couple more dollars than those tables would seem to suggest but if you'll notice the top 200 in my state: only a couple of surgeons, vast majority are medical specialties (including Derm) and Rad Onc. I see lots of my Rad Onc friends on that list, including one who is here in the same town as me on vacation (but at a much more expensive hotel LOL).