Monthly Archives: November 2013

Medicare currently reimburses physicians the equivalent of about 1/3 of the annual cost of cable TV for the typical patient with multiple medical problems. Is this a case of being truly too expensive for a $650 Billion per year Medicare program that pays physicians to care for complex elderly medical patients far less than what most Americans pay for cable TV? Seriously?

Love that blog. Medicare currently reimburses physicians the equivalent of about 1/3 of the annual cost of cable TV for the typical patient with multiple medical problems. Is this a case of being truly too expensive for a $650 Billion … Continue reading

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» Long Office Wait Times: Don’t Blame the Patients

Only in this wacky system of ours is something as critical as health care expected to be squeezed into a 10-15 minute office visit. via » Long Office Wait Times: Don’t Blame the Patients.

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» Why Are Screening Colonoscopies So Expensive?

» Why Are Screening Colonoscopies So Expensive?. Interesting blog post with some hard truths about U.S. medical care. Excerpt: >> Americans have a preoccupation with technology and procedures in health care instead of consultation and collaboration with their health care … Continue reading

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Maurice Preter, MD

Maurice Preter, MD is a European and U.S. educated psychiatrist, psychotherapist, psychopharmacologist, neurologist, and medical-legal expert in private practice in Manhattan. He is also the principal of Fifth Avenue Concierge Medicine, PLLC, a medical concierge service and health advisory for select individuals and families.