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23-03-2024 11:43 PM
Unregistered
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Don’t listen to the person above

Public - 300k as AC… maybe up to 600-700k as SC
Private - the sky is the limit, depends on how u play your cards
Surgical AC where got 300k
Dream on la
Their rank pay same as other ac
Service payment can only be high if they have lots of private patient
AC where got many private patient?
1st year out can get 20 to 40k already arm chio.
And U think because plastics U keep doing boob jobs?
They do a lot of burns and skin grafting lo. That's what plastic is about
U think plastic straight out can do chin or nose surgery or do boob implants straight away?
No one teach U or U no chance to learn end up also dunno how to do one
23-03-2024 09:13 PM
Unregistered Anyone know of any good courses to learn about leveraging AI in healthcare?
23-03-2024 06:15 PM
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How much do most plastic surgeons doing reconstructive surgeries or neoplasm excisions (non-cosmetic) typically make?
Don’t listen to the person above

Public - 300k as AC… maybe up to 600-700k as SC
Private - the sky is the limit, depends on how u play your cards
23-03-2024 03:09 PM
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How much do most plastic surgeons doing reconstructive surgeries or neoplasm excisions (non-cosmetic) typically make?
Public or private?
Public- same as a procedural specialty (200k-250k/year starting from ac)
Private - 2 million a month
22-03-2024 09:44 PM
Unregistered How much do most plastic surgeons doing reconstructive surgeries or neoplasm excisions (non-cosmetic) typically make?
16-03-2024 08:09 PM
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Imagine you selling chicken rice. 1 plate $5 but your cost is $1 how much you make? Compared to your friend 1 plate $20 in hotel but cost $18. Who make more?
lolz, cant imagine u actually need to thumb it down so much for him/her/it/they.
when the reply is "So larger bill size doesn't necessarily mean good?" surely realized you are not dealing with someone very bright?
16-03-2024 05:41 PM
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So larger bill size doesn't necessarily mean good?
Imagine you selling chicken rice. 1 plate $5 but your cost is $1 how much you make? Compared to your friend 1 plate $20 in hotel but cost $18. Who make more?
16-03-2024 02:03 PM
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Huh
Bill size not equals profit lei.
So larger bill size doesn't necessarily mean good?
15-03-2024 10:25 PM
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Can I ask a very noob but genuine question? Hopefully some seniors gp can enlighten me. I have just started locuming for past 1 month. (Previously largely done hospital postings in GM and ed)

My question is regarding the billing system/mechanism in gpland and how a clinic earns their revenue.
I have read through this thread, and many have pointed out that it's way easier to earn money through simple urti/ge cases compared to chronics.
In my last 1-2 weeks of locum, most of the largest bill size I see are from chronic patients. For e.g
- for a patient with just htn/hld, on telmisartan 40mg om and atorvastatin 40mg on, the bill size can hit slightly under 200 dollars for 1 mths supply of meds. (Only realized Atorvastatin 40mg is close to 130 dollars for 1 mths. I am not sure if my clinic uses branded drug or what as I just keyed in the drug name, although I had to give 2x 20mg tab in this case- not sure if it affects price)
- another pt with dm with albuminuria and hld, on atorvastatin and forxiga and telmisartan, the bill size came to 600 dollars for 2 mths meds.

As their chronics reasonably well control, I can complete the consult in 7-8 min, only slightly longer than a simple urti/ge consult.
However for urti/ge consult, very hard to hit over 100 dollars. On average 20-40 dollars only for meds, maybe 50-60 if I push hard for abx)
I am not including consult price as many are contract patients (so consults often charged at a much lower price)

I am only locum la, so I don't really care about the revenue of the clinics, but I must say that chronic bill size can be 4-5x of an acute case, with only slightly more effort (just a few more minutes of tlc and nagging), so not sure why people say chronic not profitable?

This is after hsg whitelisted thing kicked in btw

Hence would like to hear more about the billing mechanism in gp land
Huh
Bill size not equals profit lei.
15-03-2024 09:12 PM
Unregistered Can I ask a very noob but genuine question? Hopefully some seniors gp can enlighten me. I have just started locuming for past 1 month. (Previously largely done hospital postings in GM and ed)

My question is regarding the billing system/mechanism in gpland and how a clinic earns their revenue.
I have read through this thread, and many have pointed out that it's way easier to earn money through simple urti/ge cases compared to chronics.
In my last 1-2 weeks of locum, most of the largest bill size I see are from chronic patients. For e.g
- for a patient with just htn/hld, on telmisartan 40mg om and atorvastatin 40mg on, the bill size can hit slightly under 200 dollars for 1 mths supply of meds. (Only realized Atorvastatin 40mg is close to 130 dollars for 1 mths. I am not sure if my clinic uses branded drug or what as I just keyed in the drug name, although I had to give 2x 20mg tab in this case- not sure if it affects price)
- another pt with dm with albuminuria and hld, on atorvastatin and forxiga and telmisartan, the bill size came to 600 dollars for 2 mths meds.

As their chronics reasonably well control, I can complete the consult in 7-8 min, only slightly longer than a simple urti/ge consult.
However for urti/ge consult, very hard to hit over 100 dollars. On average 20-40 dollars only for meds, maybe 50-60 if I push hard for abx)
I am not including consult price as many are contract patients (so consults often charged at a much lower price)

I am only locum la, so I don't really care about the revenue of the clinics, but I must say that chronic bill size can be 4-5x of an acute case, with only slightly more effort (just a few more minutes of tlc and nagging), so not sure why people say chronic not profitable?

This is after hsg whitelisted thing kicked in btw

Hence would like to hear more about the billing mechanism in gp land
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