And I just saw somewhere a 3.5%increase for payment to doctor’s…lol.
One thing that lots of insurance companies are doing is peer to peer for mris. I have never had one rejected. I asked when doing one why in my type of practice (sports medicine injury /surgery) am I even wasting my time. The answer is the pcp ordering them for way too many patients. I totally agree with this. It should be referred out before the mri is ordered.
There is also the issues of ordering tests to protect yourself medically /legally. It’s the you’re dammned if you do or don’t.