Typical insurance-based practice codes

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I found Mary Tipton’s post on LinkedIn (and FB) and thought I would share it here with her permission.

One more clinic day until I leave my insurance based practice.
THIS right here is why I cannot continue in this broken model. This is an actual (and typical) list of the codes I had to document for a recent visit for a Medicare Advantage patient.
All these codes attested to, in a 20 minute visit.
20 minutes with the patient and 60+ minutes later typing redundant and useless plans for each code.
Who benefits here?
Not the patient.
Not the doctor.
Only the greedy vertically integrated companies that want the maximum risk score for their panel of patients and coerce physicians to cook the books for them in the name of “accurate coding”.
It is wrong.
It is going to bankrupt Medicare and force all the good doctors out – mark my words.

I think this says it all. Thank you, Dr. Tipton and good luck in your journey!! Her website for her practice is here.

About Douglas Farrago, MD

Dr. Farrago is a retired family physician based in Forest, Virginia. Since 2021, he has run DPCnews.com, a leading resource for the Direct Primary Care (DPC) movement. He is the author of three best-selling books on Direct Primary Care: The Official Guide to Starting Your Own Direct Primary Care Practice The Direct Primary Care Doctor’s Daily Motivational Journal Slowing the Churn in Direct Primary Care (While Also Keeping Your Sanity) In 2016, Dr. Farrago conceived the idea for the Direct Primary Care Alliance and co-founded the organization alongside other pioneering DPC physicians. He is widely recognized as a leading expert in the DPC model and frequently lectures to medical students, residents, and practicing physicians on how to successfully start and run their own DPC practices.Dr. Farrago sold his Direct Primary Care practice in October 2020 but continues to receive care there as a patient.