Some family doctors ditch insurance for simpler approach
on Wed, 2019-12-11 13:11 Alyssa
Physician Emilie Scott was only a few months into her first job when she started hearing the complaint: She was spending too much time with each patient.
Like many primary care doctors working in large medical systems, Scott was encouraged to see a new patient every 20 minutes. But that was barely enough time to talk and do a physical.
She eventually quit her job to try a new approach aimed at eliminating many of the headaches of traditional health care: tight schedules, short appointments and piles of insurance paperwork.
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[1] https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/some-family-doctors-ditch-insurance-for-simpler-approach/2019/12/06/ecd406d8-0bc2-11ea-97ac-a7ccc8dd1ebc_story.html?_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9bsGVq2aMo0DFwL29woB7xAa7sncl-WRjqSzwUIBe4tJY-069GldNlw028r-71OJiedDzvFy68_bavDi5013DUVttV5A&_hsmi=80556146&utm_campaign=KHN%3A%20Daily%20Health%20Policy%20Report&utm_content=80556146&utm_medium=email&utm_source=hs_email#comments-wrapper