The concern here isn’t only money, but also the quality of care and the standards consumers are assured of when they purchace insurance through agents which act on their behalf.
there are two groups who know more about medical procedures then me…my Dr. and my insurance provider.
Who are these self-pay or hybrid doctotors held accountable to for their services or lack of ?
This may seem appealing to a patient, however, the discretion of care, and billing is left soley to the physisian whom the patient is reliant upon to provide a service and fairly bill
for the service.
It is especially concerning in the mental health field where it appears the majority of therapists and physcatrists who require a patient to use them a a “team” in order to receive care.
What if you need to work with a Dr. in another specialty which take insurance and requires a diagnosis which comes a lil to late cause your self-pay Dr. is lining his pocket?
Self pay Dr.s force you into a contract with them. Soley. And they gave up practicing medicine with insurance co.’s for their own overhead!
Does this not leave open a door for pateints who “doctor shop”?
Is is not more difficult to identify Physicans who “patient shop”?
We already have an epidemic of individuals and physicans who sell and buy narcotic perscription drugs?
Are other physicans who accept insurance “paying the price” for these physicans who have found a way through the “red tape” which will affect stantads of care if it continues?

Come across one who does u dirty? Make him/her use their liability insurance!