1. 41 percent of ophthalmologists regularly discuss costs with patients.
2. 47 percent occasionally discuss costs if the patient brings it up.
3. 9 percent never discuss payments, 5 percent saying it’s because they don’t know the cost of treatment.
4. 4 percent of ophthalmologists don’t discuss costs with patients because they don’t think it’s appropriate.
5. 49 percent of ophthalmologists said they’d drop poorly-paying insurers.
6. 24 percent said they wouldn’t drop any payers because they need them all.
7. 8 percent felt dropping payers because of poor rates was inappropriate.
8. 72 percent of employed ophthalmologists say they’ll continue taking new and current Medicare and Medicaid patients; 65 percent of self-employed ophthalmologists said the same.
9. 6 percent of self-employed ophthalmologists will stop taking new Medicare and Medicaid patients; 2 percent of employed ophthalmologists said the same.
10. 29 percent of self-employed ophthalmologists are offering new ancillary services; 22 percent of employed ophthalmologists are doing the same.
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