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5) Psychologists
6) Chiropractors
7) Pharmacists (MTM)
8) Physical therapists
9) Clinical social workers (LCSWs)
How long before acupuncturists, homeopaths, Rikki doctors, ayurvedic "practitioners", yoga therapists, and the rest of the bunch get in on the act?
Hell I hear next they'll start letting RNs bill Medicare direclty for "patient services rendered" as well.
Meanwhile, we hear every year about how the total amount of money paid to everybody is capped and limits growth due to the SGR formula.
Remember guys you are getting paid out of the same pool of money that the rest of these scoundrels get.
P.S. The history of Medicare is incredibly ironic. Doctors were shoved kicking and screaming into Medicare and wanted no part of it. The AMA was strictly opposed to it but lost the fight in Congress. The times they are a changin' Now everybody and their bother is lining up at the govt trought trying to stick their dirty nose under the tent and sniff what was forced on us by the federal govt in 1964. Every time one of them squeezes their way into the tent means less reimbursement for all of us.
2) DOs
3) NPs
4) PAs
5) Psychologists
6) Chiropractors
7) Pharmacists (MTM)
8) Physical therapists
9) Clinical social workers (LCSWs)
How long before acupuncturists, homeopaths, Rikki doctors, ayurvedic "practitioners", yoga therapists, and the rest of the bunch get in on the act?
Hell I hear next they'll start letting RNs bill Medicare direclty for "patient services rendered" as well.
Meanwhile, we hear every year about how the total amount of money paid to everybody is capped and limits growth due to the SGR formula.
Remember guys you are getting paid out of the same pool of money that the rest of these scoundrels get.
P.S. The history of Medicare is incredibly ironic. Doctors were shoved kicking and screaming into Medicare and wanted no part of it. The AMA was strictly opposed to it but lost the fight in Congress. The times they are a changin' Now everybody and their bother is lining up at the govt trought trying to stick their dirty nose under the tent and sniff what was forced on us by the federal govt in 1964. Every time one of them squeezes their way into the tent means less reimbursement for all of us.
