No More Kano Tax At The Doc-Display Rates

[Dave Hounddriver]

It is a guess, but he could be making more than 1 million per month. No one will ever know.

 

From the doctors I have visited, my guess would be that they could 'gross' at least a half million (pesos) a month but all their expenses come from that and if they incorporate and pay themselves a salary then I could easily picture them paying themselves 60,000 pesos a month.

Edited September 5, 2013 by Dave Hounddriver

[Call me bubba]

its been said that (public)school teachers here pay more in taxes than some professionals,

lets hope that this change will be a start to have those who are due to pay taxes will now pay a greater share

 

,I had read on 1 case where they suspected that the doctor was not paying his "fair share"

 that the BIR  sat outside the office , when customers came out they wanted to see their "receipt"

 

 reason I recall this story, is at the end of the week, they went inside the office to have the "secretary"

 to sign the 'time cards" to verify that they was there.

[Thomas]

Of course, nothing beats the American doctor who got caught billing Medicare over $100 million a year. To have seen the number of patients claimed would have required an average of less two minutes consultation each, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. It was all fraud. They were purchasing seniors Social Security numbers and processing the claims electronically using the doctor's medical license number.

Don't they need to be clever to get American doctor's licence?  :mocking:

[Mike S]

Interesting article but as far as we are concerned I see no change taking place .... With doctors the usually charge by the service or procedure not by the hour .... ex. .... office visit p300 ..... ex. ..... toe amputation p80,000 ..... so I see no change coming here ..... JMHO

 

Lawyers .... usually charge by the case also BUT if they have to charge by the hour no problem ..... If they charge dong dong p5, 000 for his case which he claims took 10 hours what is keeping them from charging me p7000 for 14 hours when in reality it still took just 10 hours as I don't know how long it really took him to complete my case ...... believe me for every way the government comes up with to make the system work right they will find 20 ways to work around the regulation ..... unless they quite mollycoddling these law breakers here in the Phils it will continue ..... JMHO .... how many high profile crimes have you seen that just petered away after 2-3 months and never heard of again ..... I've seen plenty in 6 years ..... JMHO ... :thumbsup:

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Edited September 5, 2013 by Mike S

[Tukaram (Tim)]

Yeah, but I think the government is more concerned about controlling reciepts and collecting the tax.  Nobody cares if they overcharge Joe Kano...     Except Joe.     :tiphat:

[JJReyes]

Don't they need to be clever to get American doctor's licence? 

 

Unfortunately, our bureaucrats are not as smart as doctors. The estimate by the General Accounting Office (GAO) is $40 billion (that's a "B") is loss by Medicaid and Medicare every year to fraud, waste and abuse. About three years ago, they installed new software in government computers based on Statistics & Probability. This is how they are catching medical clinics and hospitals over billing and double billing. Now that's for fraud. The waste and abuse side is even bigger and even the GAO was unable to recommend a solution to the US Congress. An example of waste is doctors ordering a battery of tests as part of their defensive medicine practice. An example of abuse is keeping Medicare patients for a longer period at a hospital than necessary to keep the beds filled.

[jpbago]

If the doctor is making one million a month, the Bureau of Internal Revenue could assign an agent full-time at his office to make sure the government gets their share.

 

And the doctor would give the BIR agent  500p each day to sit at Jolibees instead. 

[JJReyes]

Going back to topic, I personally think it is a good idea for medical clinics to post their charges for services in the reception room. The American practice would mean this is the minimum amount. In the Philippines, everyone would look at the prices and then start asking for a discount even before they see the doctor!