http://www.arktimes.com/ArkansasBlog/archives/2012/11/26/st-vincent-turns-clinic-out-of-sherwood-office Comments On: St. Vincent turns clinic out of Sherwood office by Leslie Newell Peacock en-us Copyright 2013 Arkansas Times. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, Arkansas Times readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact Arkansas Times. robert@arktimes.com (Arkansas Times Webmaster) Sat, 25 May 2013 00:00:01 -0500 Sat, 25 May 2013 22:15:00 -0500 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Posted by ButWhoCares]]> Thu, 29 Nov 2012 07:04:59 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by Self Appointed Arbiter]]> Tue, 27 Nov 2012 17:24:17 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by Elijah]]> Tue, 27 Nov 2012 08:55:10 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by plainjim]]> Mon, 26 Nov 2012 19:42:04 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by couldn't be better]]> Mon, 26 Nov 2012 18:52:51 -0600 Arkansas Times
The changes that SVI made essentially result in a change of service. Instead of being seen in "a clinic" that fact that a hospital owns the building makes it an "a hospital outpatient department."

So the doc still charges $200. Under the old system the insurance would pay $100, but now that it is a "hospital outpatient department" the hospital collects $140, a full 40% increase in collections. (If you are uninsured you probably get stuck with the original $200 anyway)

But to be fair, it isn't just SVI and cardiology. It involves other specialties and other hospitals who are buying private practices and making them part of the hospital.

Pay more for the same thing.
Posted by olddoc]]> Mon, 26 Nov 2012 14:58:44 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by Elijah]]> Mon, 26 Nov 2012 14:32:16 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by couldn't be better]]> Mon, 26 Nov 2012 14:10:40 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by Elijah]]> Mon, 26 Nov 2012 12:57:18 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by BeachHog]]> Mon, 26 Nov 2012 12:11:42 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by radical centrist]]> Mon, 26 Nov 2012 11:24:53 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by Doigotta]]> Mon, 26 Nov 2012 11:23:47 -0600 Arkansas Times
In the mean time better have lots of hot water and sterile rags to boil and a few pieces of leather to bite down on when the pain is too much and don't forget a good Swiss Army knife.
Posted by DeathbyInches]]> Mon, 26 Nov 2012 11:18:48 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by eLwood]]> Mon, 26 Nov 2012 11:17:33 -0600 Arkansas Times
Think they are doing that to save money? HA!

Look at the finances of SVI recently buying cardiology practices, (and BMC in back handed type way). Effective immediately SVI raised the fees by 40% in each of those practices.

A 40% increase in costs - over night - for the same services by the same people. Can you think of another industry that could do that?

Oh, if they could put a SVI doc in the above office, they could get a 40% there as well.
Posted by olddoc]]> Mon, 26 Nov 2012 11:08:56 -0600 Arkansas Times