This transcript was prepared by a transcription service. This version may not be in its final form and may be updated. Ryan Knutson: Our colleague Julie Wernau covers health and medicine. And for the ...
Costly health insurance is fueling patient interest in a cash-only model called direct primary care.
The idea behind it seems reasonable: Insurers want to ensure treatments are medically necessary before they pay for them. But in practice, it often means delayed appointments, stalled medication ...
In the beginning of the year, Dr. Terry Wagner’s office manager came to him and said “something weird is going on.” For weeks, the office manager told him, Wagner had been quietly underpaid by the ...
Concierge doctors offer their services to patients directly in exchange for an upfront fee, usually paid monthly. They’re also called direct primary care (DPC) or personalized medical service ...
Physicians face a myriad of financial and legal risks not seen in many other professions, including malpractice lawsuits and personal liability. At the same time, while doctors are among the most ...
Dr. Rene Loyola says he has given up just about everything to keep practicing medicine. The surgeon owns no home or land, and has no savings other than a retirement plan after 29 years in the ...
The people behind the scenes - whose names we may never know or whose faces we may never meet - often control our destinies. Some call it luck, and some call it fate. Outside their own perseverance, ...
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