Physician Medicare Survey

Request edit access

JavaScript isn't enabled in your browser, so this file can't be opened. Enable and reload.

You are invited to complete this survey regarding your experiences providing health care to Medicare and Medicare Advantage beneficiaries. This survey will help to identify the key problems that both doctors and patients deal with in the Medicare Advantage program. Our goal is to protect and improve Medicare, and advocate for the best possible health care system.

PNHP surveys are confidential, and we will not sell or share your personal information. All data will be anonymized when used for any public-facing materials such as reports or data analyses.

Please contact lori@pnhp.org with questions, concerns, or ideas.

First Name *

Last Name *

Email *

Phone number with area code (please indicate landline or cell phone)

State *

Zip Code *

1. Have insurance companies made it difficult for you to care for your Medicare Advantage patients? *

Yes

2. Have you experienced any of these problems while caring for a patient with Medicare Advantage insurance (check all that apply) *

Delay in care due to prior authorization

Denial of care due to prior authorization

Inability to refer to doctor of your choice because of restrictive networks

Patient cannot afford your recommended care due to out-of-pocket costs

Required

3. Which of the following factors in Medicare Advantage do you believe is the greatest barrier to caring for your patients?
*

Restrictive networks

High out-of-pocket costs

Prior authorization requirements

I have never experienced any barriers while caring for my Medicare Advantage patients

Other:

4. Can you share a concrete example from your practice of a time when Medicare Advantage failed, hindered your work, or led to worse outcomes for your patients?

5. Approximately how many hours a week do you and/or your support staff have to spend on nonclinical issues related to billing, diagnostic coding, arguing with insurance, etc.?

1 to 5 hours a week

6 to 10 hours a week

10 to 15 hours a week

More than 15 hours a week

6. A single-payer national health program (aka “Improved Medicare for All”) would have one set of formulary, referral, and pre-authorization rules for all of your patients. How much would this improve your daily practice?
*

Significantly

Moderately

Slightly

Not at all

7. If you anticipate improvements in your daily practice under single payer—what would those look like, specifically?

8. Are you aware of the fraud charges against multiple Medicare Advantage insurance corporations? *

Yes

Make PNHP Your Home

At Physicians for a National Health Program, we believe that policy and advocacy works best in tandem. We believe that a universal, comprehensive single-payer national health program is the solution for our fragmented health care system, and are working together to envision and create such a system. Together, we are unstoppable.

Sign up here to receive more information on PNHP.

Yes, please send me information on PNHP!

Submit

Clear form

Never submit passwords through Google Forms.

This form was created inside of Physicians for a National Health Program. Report Abuse

Forms