Third Annual New Jersey Healthcare Monitor

Third Annual New Jersey
Healthcare Monitor Survey 2014
Survey of New Jersey Health Care
Practitioners
What is your specialty?
• Gastroenterology – 2
• Internal Medicine/Geriatrics – 4
• Ophthalmology – 4
• Radiology – 6
• Emergency Medicine – 3
• Vascular Data – 1
• Podiatry – 1
• FP – 1
•Ambulatory Surgery Center – 1
• Cardiovascular Disease – 1
• Anesthesiology – 7
• Cardiology - 11
• Orthopedics – 3
• Urology – 3
• Psychiatry – 1
• Neuroradiology – 1
• General Practice – 1
• Plastic Surgery – 1
• Hematology/Oncology – 1
• Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Interventional Pain Medicine – 1
• Ortho Trauma – 1
• OBGYN – 4
• Radiation Oncology - 1
• IM/CD – 1
• Pathology – 1
• Nephrology - 1
If the result was positive, how?
The most common answers are:
• Increase volume of patients
• More patients have insurance
• Decrease in cash pay patients
If the result was negative, how?
The most common answers are:
• More paperwork
• Decreased reimbursement
• Patients with much higher deductibles and co-pays
causing patients not to get studies
• Delay in payment from Medicare
• Difficult to collect due to high deductibles