Re: The Lone Writer

Subject: Re: The Lone Writer
From: "Kat Nagel, MasterWork Consulting" <mlists -at- masterworkconsulting -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2003 17:34:23 -0500


At 3:13 PM -0800 1/26/03, John Posada wrote:

You don't
see doctors or lawyers taking rate cuts because of the economy.


Not an opinion, just two observed data points:

1. In this HMO-saturated region (western NY), doctors have indeed taken rate cuts over the last two years. Reimbursement rates have been decreased for many appointment categories in primary care practices (without a corresponding increase in co-payments) and reduced referral rates have affected the income of specialists. Annual salaries for full-time hospital staff haven't gone down; hospitals have laid off staff instead. Two hospitals have been shut down completely, along with many HMO-sponsored group practices.

2. It's harder to get information about the hourly rates of local lawyers, but many of the larger law practices have cut staff and are now offering flat-fee arrangements instead of hourly rates for some common services.

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References:
RE: The Lone Writer: From: JB Foster
Re: The Lone Writer: From: John Posada

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