{"id":1368,"date":"2012-06-28T07:33:13","date_gmt":"2012-06-28T07:33:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.medicalbillersandcodersblog.com\/?p=1368"},"modified":"2025-05-21T08:25:43","modified_gmt":"2025-05-21T08:25:43","slug":"average-single-specialty-practices-cater-to-42_49-percentage-of-medicare-populace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.medicalbillersandcoders.com\/blog\/average-single-specialty-practices-cater-to-42_49-percentage-of-medicare-populace\/","title":{"rendered":"Average Single Specialty Practices Cater to 42-49 Percentage of Medicare Populace!"},"content":{"rendered":"

That means nearly half of your total patient population comprises of Medicare beneficiaries. And, you could have remained indifferent as long as Medicare\u2019s reimbursements continued to be as normal as private health insurance reimbursements.<\/p>\n

While physicians\u2019 have remained immune to its impending backlash thus far, they may not be so lucky henceforth; the Federal Government, unable to contain the exploding Medicare expenditure, has finally pressed the panic-button which physicians had been feared of \u2013<\/p>\n

Medicare reimbursements cut and their effects:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
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  • Approximately 4-5% cuts expected each year through 2012, – can result in a substantial erosion of practice revenues<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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  • Practice will find it hard to compete, sustain, and grow – on marginal revenues from private insurance reimbursements<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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