After reading our principles, do you agree with our positions and wish to join our group?
Yes   82%
No   18%
   
One of the potential reforms that has emerged is the creation of a government run insurance plan that will compete with private plans. Do you support the establishment of a government run insurance plan?
Yes   9%
No   89%
   
Do you currently limit or not accept Medicare patients?
Yes   25%
No   75%
   
Do you currently limit or not accept Medicaid patients?
Yes   35%
No   65%
   
Do you currently limit or not accept TRICARE patients?
Yes   31%
No   69%
   

Do you believe a government run health plan will create barriers for patient access to care?
Yes   89%
No   7%
   
If a government run insurance plan is enacted into law that reimburses doctors at a rate slightly greater than Medicare, will you voluntarily accept new patients who are covered under that plan?
Yes   33%
No   27%
   
Do you believe a national health care system with a government run insurance plan will create doubt in young students’ minds about the risk and reward of the career and thus discourage them from entering the field of medicine?
Yes   91%
No   7%
   
Some of the health care reform bills being discussed seek to limit training of specialists with the goal of pushing more doctors into general practices. What kind of impact do you think limiting specialists will have on patient access to care?
Positive Impact   11%
Negative Impact   75%
   
One of the bills being discussed seeks to limit the services that a private practice is allowed to provide. Services such as laboratory, X-ray, physical therapy, and imaging services would have to be performed elsewhere, affecting access, quality and continuity of care. Do you believe limiting physicians’ ability to provide these services in their own office and relying on hospitals will negatively impact patients’ access to timely care?
Yes   74%
No   17%
   
Do you feel that the geographic disparity in the current Medicare system is fair to physicians in Arkansas?
Yes   4%
No   69%
   
Do you practice defensive medicine in an effort to avert medical liability?
Yes   81%
No   15%
   
Do you believe that medical liability reform should be included in any healthcare reform
debate?
Yes   98%
No   0%
   

If the majority of your payors reimbursed at or near the rate of Medicare, would you have to make changes in your practice?
Yes   72%
No   14%