Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Primary care doc: It’s “crazy” that doctors don’t consider costs in patient treatment plans

from MedCity News


It’s not just patients who are seeking price transparency.

For years, Leslie Ramirez, 46, a primary care, internal medicine doctor in Chicago, , has been frustrated by patients who do not adhere to her care program because they can’t afford to buy a particular medication or undergo a certain test.

“It was so disheartening to hear that the plans that I had made for them weren’t being followed because they couldn’t afford the things that I was telling them to do,” Ramirez, who sees a fair number of uninsured and ...

Primary care doc: It’s “crazy” that doctors don’t consider costs in patient treatment plans

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