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<blockquote data-quote="klein" data-source="post: 889265" data-attributes="member: 23950">No, we don&#039;t have docs in single offices here !They usually lease a buliding together and share the costs and share the costs of the office/nurse staff, too.They get paid $35 or maybe $40 per patient here, not much.We show our healthcare card, and they bill it for the $40 and get reimbursed within 36 hrs. (plus any supplies they may have used, like with me when the dog bit me).They will rate patients with more needs (see a specialist or need a specific surgery upon urgency). :Grade 3 = preventive care - non urgent (waiting time up to 6 mths for an MRI).Grade 2 = needs additional care, but not urgently ( could be a hip replacement/operation, but patient can get by for up to 3 more months).Grade 1 = needs immediate treatment/surgery -( same day hospitalization or scanning, etc) - My poor niece just fell into that category, totally unexpectingly after a doctors visit regarding strong headaches&nbsp; <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/frown.png"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":(" title="Frown&nbsp; &nbsp; :(" data-shortname=":(" />I think Grade 2 is what most people complain about here, as they still have to put up with some pain.Maybe some Grade 3 whiners, too, even though it&#039;s just a preventitive check-up.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="klein, post: 889265, member: 23950"] No, we don't have docs in single offices here ! They usually lease a buliding together and share the costs and share the costs of the office/nurse staff, too. They get paid $35 or maybe $40 per patient here, not much. We show our healthcare card, and they bill it for the $40 and get reimbursed within 36 hrs. (plus any supplies they may have used, like with me when the dog bit me). They will rate patients with more needs (see a specialist or need a specific surgery upon urgency). : Grade 3 = preventive care - non urgent (waiting time up to 6 mths for an MRI). Grade 2 = needs additional care, but not urgently ( could be a hip replacement/operation, but patient can get by for up to 3 more months). Grade 1 = needs immediate treatment/surgery -( same day hospitalization or scanning, etc) - My poor niece just fell into that category, totally unexpectingly after a doctors visit regarding strong headaches :( I think Grade 2 is what most people complain about here, as they still have to put up with some pain. Maybe some Grade 3 whiners, too, even though it's just a preventitive check-up. [/QUOTE]

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