When a Doctor No Longer Accepts Medicare, Patients Left Holding the Bag

The hassle of paperwork and getting paid has some doctors opting out of insurance plans for concierge medicine

Some family physicians are converting their practices to more lucrative, fee upfront, payment models. Monkey Business Images/Shutterstock

Pneumonia. Heart problems. High cholesterol. Betsy Carrier, 71, and her husband, Don Resnikoff, 79, relied on their primary care doctor in Montgomery County, Maryland, for help managing their ailments.