[Jim Noble]

Such a doctor can easily clear $200K per year. Figure $50 a visit for a half hour, which is $100 per hour. Figure 2000 billable hours

What do you imagine the overhead is on those 4000 visits?

And how many non-billable hours do you imagine each billable hour requires?

Society has decided, acting through its government, to break the doctors.

The pediatricians and family doctors, being as a class somewhat naive and trusting, are being broken first.

Meanwhile, we cannot produce plastic surgeons fast enough to meet the demand for boob jobs.

The only satisfaction I take in this is that the People are finally getting what they want.

Hope they're happy.

[ikka]

He borrowed about $15,000 to start a solo medical practice in a tiny space with no nurse, receptionist or waiting room. He bought computer software to help him track patients' appointments, illnesses and medications, and to process insurance claims.

From the article.

I know, all too well, that no self-employed person works only 2000 hours per year.

But I am assuming that he can bill 2000 hours, and figure another 500-1000 hours a year for typing stuff into the computer. That equates to a 60-hour work week, which is typical for doctors, lawyers who are partner or partner-track, and other self-employed folks.

I laud this as it is a start back to normalcy in medicine.