Family Physician Can’t Give Away Solo Practice
26th June 2011
A former president of the Maryland State Medical Society, Dr. Sroka has practiced family medicine for 32 years in a small, red-brick building just six miles from his childhood home, treating fishing buddies, neighbors and even his elementary school principal much the way doctors have practiced medicine for centuries. He likes to chat, but with costs going up and reimbursements down, that extra time has hurt his income. So Dr. Sroka, 62, thought about retiring.
He tried to sell his once highly profitable practice. No luck. He tried giving it away. No luck.
Considering the way the government and the insurance companies (under the lash of the goverment) treat doctors these days, it’s a surprise anybody wants to go to med school.