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I'm not sure what you mean by the doctors being encouraged but unless the doctor ordering the U/S is getting a cut then there is no direct incentive. But I don'

• mrguyorama 8y ago
  Do you not understand that doctors have levels of management above them? Their incentive could be "Boss wants me to encourage them for X reasons"
• citrablue 8y ago
  In some emergency departments, the physicians participate in profit sharing. I know of a few EDs where they add up all the revenue, subtract all the costs, and divide the rest into each doctor's paycheck based on how much that doctor billed each month.