Healthcare Practices Dwindling Nationwide

Dr. Lorraine Rosamilia, chair of the Pennsylvania Medical Society, says healthcare practices in every state are shrinking while big health systems have been consolidating care for years.  In the past 20 years, reimbursement rates for Medicare and Medicaid have not kept up with inflation, practice costs, or technology.  Dr. Rosamilia says rural practitioners are stuck trying to do more with less…

 

 

“When it comes to the Medicaid cuts that come from a federal level, rural communities are reimbursed by Medicaid in higher proportions than other insurers, compared to other suburban and urban areas. And the pockets are really diffuse across the state.”