Third Annual New Jersey Healthcare Monitor Survey 2014 Survey of New Jersey Health Care Practitioners What is your specialty? • Gastroenterology – 2 • Internal Medicine/Geriatrics – 4 • Ophthalmology – 4 • Radiology – 6 • Emergency Medicine – 3 • Vascular Data – 1 • Podiatry – 1 • FP – 1 •Ambulatory Surgery Center – 1 • Cardiovascular Disease – 1 • Anesthesiology – 7 • Cardiology - 11 • Orthopedics – 3 • Urology – 3 • Psychiatry – 1 • Neuroradiology – 1 • General Practice – 1 • Plastic Surgery – 1 • Hematology/Oncology – 1 • Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Interventional Pain Medicine – 1 • Ortho Trauma – 1 • OBGYN – 4 • Radiation Oncology - 1 • IM/CD – 1 • Pathology – 1 • Nephrology - 1 If the result was positive, how? The most common answers are: • Increase volume of patients • More patients have insurance • Decrease in cash pay patients If the result was negative, how? The most common answers are: • More paperwork • Decreased reimbursement • Patients with much higher deductibles and co-pays causing patients not to get studies • Delay in payment from Medicare • Difficult to collect due to high deductibles