Health Care & Hospital Law
Feb. 24, 2011
More Doctors Choose to Forego Insurance
A growing number of physicians have started enrolling patients as members who pay a flat monthly rate rather than pay with insurance. These groups operate under the radar of state regulators, but that could change as the trend grows.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Dr. Albert Fuchs was a successful physician by any measure. But as his Beverly Hills practice grew to more than 2,000 patients, he found himself headed for a burnout.
Thanks to stagnated insurance reimbursement rates and the ever-growing administrative demands on primary care doctors, who typically earn much less than specialists, Fuchs found himself cramming as many patients in as possible.
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