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Re: ACA exacerbating shortage of primary care physician coverage |
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Posted by mtk52983 on Mon Dec 8 16:39:37 2014, in response to ACA exacerbating shortage of primary care physician coverage, posted by Olog-hai on Mon Dec 8 15:59:11 2014. The problem is that the reimbursement rates for PCP's are ridiculously low compared to specialists and the malpractice rates between the two are generally comparable (certain specialties excluded) so nobody wants to be a PCP. They really need to raise reimbursement rates and impose tort reform that does not extend liability for malpractice by a specialist to PCP where the only connection to the case is the PCP referred to the specialist and 1) the referral was not a deviation from acceptable medical practice and 2) the PCP had no reason to believe there was an issue with the specialist so a PCP who referred to a specialist PCP knew was having his/her license revoked won't cut off liability |
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