Camden Dermatology & Mohs Surgery

05/01/2025

Given that independent physicians are reimbursed 60% less than hospital based counterparts, it's easy to understand why so many chose to leave independent practice- but now even the hospital systems are feeling the pain of a broken healthcare system.

Healthcare tied to for profit based insurance companies is leading the collapse of medical care in both Maine & the US. Hospitals need much leaner administrative structures to survive. Anyone in private practice will acknowledge this.

Sadly we are coming close to a time when most privately practicing physicians will no longer be able to accept insurance as stagnant reimbursements & obscene claim denials prevent responsible fiscal management.
We must do more to curb the insurance choke hold that is collapsing modern healthcare.

The state's major hospitals rank near the bottom among 50 states in 3 metrics — operating margin, debt burden and age of facilities — according to an analysis done for the Maine Hospital Association.

04/23/2025

Our Rockport & Scarborough offices will be closed Thursday 4/24 & Friday 4/25 for spring holiday.
Please feel free to send any communications via Klara and we will respond as soon as staff return on Monday 4/28.
Thank you & happy early Spring 🌺

01/26/2025

We will always do our best to support our patients, but it is important to know that our health care system is failing all of us.

In my personal opinion, the best way forward would be to eliminate for profit health insurance companies.
Although I suspect that their pockets are too deep to imagine this is a possibility.

Firms including United Healthcare have denied basic scans and taken months to reconsider, physicians say

01/25/2025

Last week we celebrated our wonderful MA Colleen who's expecting Irish ☘️ Blessing #2
We are so excited for another little squishy face to snug
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01/25/2025

Shared with our pt's enthusiastic permission
If you celebrate your 101st birthday 🥳 in our office, you can better be sure we will throw you a party 🎉 and get you a cake 🎂
We love what we do & cherish those we are so fortunate to take care of 🫶🏼🫂

12/06/2024

It's another twinning moment with the fashionable staff here at camdenderm
Be on the lookout for the upcoming posts highlighting all the incredible creative talent our staff have displayed with this years holiday door decorations

11/01/2024

"Who else has a surgeon that looks like this??! You, dear lady, created a whole office that felt more like a family having a blast, and you certainly made a happy healing Halloween experience for all of us! Thank you and much love. ❤️"

One of our wonderful patients shared this text & picture from today with me tonight & gave permission for me to share it here-
I am incredibly grateful for all of the wonderful staff at Camden Dermatology & how hard they work everyday to care for our patients - their health & their wellbeing & fostering joy in our special way!

This is why we do what we do- go to battle with insurance companies, appeal for drug coverages, pre-certify advanced surgical repairs & bring state of the art Dermatologic medicine to tens of thousands of patients here in Maine!

11/01/2024

More of our super staff with their fantastic creative costumes & our annual Patient Favorite Pumpkin 🎃 contest!!

11/01/2024

It was Disney Halloween this year 🎃 at Camden Dermatology

11/01/2024

A few of our super festive staff rocking our Derm Disney theme!!

09/26/2024

When staff unintentionally "twin" 🙏🏼🙏🏼🥰🥰

09/21/2024

“When I saw that my regular doctor is now part of a larger hospital setting, the same exact service that I was getting before, I’m paying almost double, triple the price,” Jackson said. “It doesn’t make any sense.”

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One of the reasons that independent medical practices are struggling is reimbursement inequity.

Hospital systems will charge two or three times more for the same services & based on a warped system, it gets paid.

Meanwhile, it's the exact same service- same number of people to book, to screen, to prep, most likely to perform.

This structure puts more & more negative pressure on the private practice side (reimbursements are flat/ all costs are rising).

Then private practice offices close- combine into hospital systems & whoosh- now all costs go up.

We need to create more balance in the system to support independently practicing physicians & associated healthcare.
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https://www.timesunion.com/state/article/cap-outpatient-hospital-costs-proposed-n-y-curb-19769299.php?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR1m9Cc5zziSzWejilEcA_rTq207pZXdTomj5Mp12ww_4WjL9w5z6RS2UY4_aem_XnPwI9CJ1t_zD1cKpJvPPA

“This is a new practice that we’re seeing with hospitals,” said Claire Brockbank, director of policy for the 32BJ Benefits Fund. “This is a new way to make more