Though payers have been trying to push more procedures out of hospitals, low reimbursements have the potential to cause these efforts to backfire by pushing independent physicians, including gastroenterologists, to migrate to hospital settings.
Robert Pecha, MD, president of Gastroenterology Medical Clinic in Folsom, Calif., recently connected with Becker’s to discuss his difficulties communicating with payers as a small, independent gastroenterology practice.