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The Practice of Dermatology Ain't What It Used To Be: The Preauthorization Catastrophe.

Vol: 17, Issue: 3, Page: 152-153
2019
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Many of us remember when a dermatology practice was cash only, and $5 cash was considered appropriate for a specialist. The general practitioner received $2 for an office visit and $4 for a home call. If you recall those days, “dearie you are much older than I.” 1Not so long ago, the practitioner was confronted with obtaining a referral from the Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) in order to see the patient. Some plans permitted only four such referrals for specialists, annually, so the patient, who might have had a visit or two for gastritis and a similar number of visits for an eye infection, was just out of luck if poison ivy appeared on the scene. 2

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Lawrence Charles Parish; Jennifer L. Parish; W. Clark Lambert; Carmela Ciferni

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