tci Part B Insider - 2005 Issue 30

CONCIERGE CARE: Extra Fees For Medicare Patients Don't Pose Problem, GAO Says

But snowballing trend of 'concierge care' could lead to crackdown laterThe federal government isn't likely to crack down on "concierge care" any time, if legislators heed one agency's advice.If you're thinking about charging your patients for extra services, such as same-day appointments or 24-hour personal access to docs, you can take heart from a new report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO-05-929). Congress had asked the GAO to study the relationship between Medicare and "concierge care," in which physicians charge patients extra for services that Medicare won't cover.The GAO found that because relatively few physicians are...

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