@holuh3 wrote:
Amen.I am a physiatrist (Board-certified as of today), so I know about TBI. On the one hand, I think that there will be some new awareness now, which will really help, but I know there are going to be so many issues in a few years that we can't foresee. (a related-and-sort-of-funny story-when I was a resident on the TBI ward, there were clowns who would come to visit the patients, but I had to ask them to stop-I thought maybe it was counter-productive to trying to re-orient the patients)One of the things that is not anticipated, I think, is that if we have health care for everyone, who is going to do it? Primary Care is practically a volunteer position. Health care reform has to address the cost of medical education and the reimbursement for non-procedure oriented specialties.
Congrats on passing your boards! All of us aging boomers with falling-apart bodies will be thanking you soon enough.
Very true --as long as reimbursement is driven by CPT codes, and E/M codes are pounded down so badly, it will be the cutters and tinkerers who get kinda-decent reimbursement.
In the meantime, get with someone who understands documentation requirements and reimbursement, so that you know how to do your notes. Don't ever, ever fake it, but if you're doing the work, make sure that you know the proper way to document it, so that you don't leave money on the table.
I love this post .... & the comments in it.