{"id":3301,"date":"2021-06-09T09:00:46","date_gmt":"2021-06-09T09:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/healthdrum.com\/?p=3301"},"modified":"2021-10-12T15:40:30","modified_gmt":"2021-10-12T15:40:30","slug":"how-doctors-can-cut-costs-and-reclaim-control","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/healthdrum.com\/blog\/how-doctors-can-cut-costs-and-reclaim-control\/","title":{"rendered":"How Doctors Can Cut Costs and Reclaim Control"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By working directly with patients physicians can bypass many of the burdensome administrative headaches that have raised overhead and lowered income. Cut costs and reclaim your profession.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3302 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/healthdrum.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Direct-Pay-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1868\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Visit <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/healthdrum.com\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">www.HEALTHdrum.com<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Come join our healthcare community and discover how <\/span><b>consumer-directed, self pay care<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> can bypass middlemen, cut overhead and give you better margins.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Read more.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/why-insurance-companies-control-your-medical-care-62540\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/theconversation.com\/why-insurance-companies-control-your-medical-care-62540<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written by HEALTHdrum<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By working directly with patients physicians can bypass many of the burdensome administrative headaches that have raised overhead and lowered income. 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