Monday, December 9, 2013

Obamacare Exchanges Not Paying Enough for Many Docs to Cover Costs

  • Medicare reimburses a return doctor office visit at $76 in San Diego, CA  
  • Medicaid is at $24 
  • Covered CA has not been forthcoming about its plan reimbursement rates but this doctor says it is closer to the Medicaid number 
  • This is why we are seeing doctor networks with as few as one-third of the normal supply