[ramonesfreak]

Yea but the vast majority of his patients are not on Medicare they are via private health insurance and Workers’ Comp carriers which typically pay per a fee schedule but it’s a hell of a lot more than $40….unless he is specializing in elderly patients and SSD. It’s a high volume business just like my own PCP’s office. Just like my business.

I had an ortho doctor testify recently when I asked him if he had referred the patient to the imaging provider for an MRI and he say he did and probably keeps them in business because of how many patients he referred to them every week. Point is, most radiologist will return a call to another doctor who has a concern about something if they care about their reputation and behave like a professional. It takes the radiologist about 5 minutes to look at the images and report on his computer at which point he says OMG what have I done and the goes to work correcting the error.