Heads up: insurance issues gain importance at all levels

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From: Ophthalmology Times
Date: 20040215
Author:Freeman, L Neal

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"Insurance is an ingenious modern game of chance in which the player is permitted to enjoy the comfortable conviction that he is beating the man who keeps the table."

-Ambrose Bierce, 1842-1914, U.S. journalist, short-story writer

The insurance-related issues that are faced by physicians cover a wide spectrum. For almost all ophthalmology practices, insurance payments contribute significantly to practice expenses. Medical malpractice insurance ...

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