Robert Lowes over at Medical Economics does the math to show how you could earn $6,000 more per year by skipping out on free lunches…
Hearing a drug spiel over a fajita wrap may not disrupt the schedule, but drop-ins and appointments eat up roughly 60 minutes a week, Health Strategies Group reports. If you used that extra time to see four established Medicare patients, using CPT code 99213 for an intermediate visit, you’d collect roughly $60 per visit, $240 per week, and $12,000 over 50 weeks. Subtract 50 percent for overhead, and you’d net an extra $6,000 a year—just a hair under what Brewer cleared after dropping rep visits.
(hat tip: The Medical Quack)
