❝Urologists love to make the money from giving you the shots.❞
+1 for the recommendation to see a cancer specialist (urologic, radiation, or medical oncologist, as the case may be).
Even in the U.S. though, urologists likely aren't all profit-motivated. They might not be paid per injection, especially if they're on salary as part of a hospital, medical center, or HMO rather than in private practice.
Across the border here in Ontario, OHIP pays family doctors by "roster" — the number of patients registered with them — rather than per visit, so there's no profit motive to overtreat. I think the oncologists at the Regional Cancer Centre are salaried as well, and the hospitals themselves get a fixed stipend based on the population they serve, rather than a per-visit fee.
At least in big cities, outpatients can get sent to "infusion centres" for injections of Firmagon, Lupron, etc. rather than having them in a doctor's office. My case was unusual, since I was initially in a wheelchair and it was winter, so Home Care trained my spouse to give me my monthly Firmagon injections at home, which she continued to do for over 2 years, until Orgovyx became available in Canada. I've never heard of anyone else getting ADT injections at home administered by a family member.
Got admit, I didn’t realize I was talking to somebody from Canada.
I was more concerned with the fact that he had a serious case of prostate cancer and appeared to only be working with the urologist.
I went to the same building my urologist was in to have a nurse give me a Lupron shot. I Didn’t see the urologist for years and I know he didn’t make any money off of it. But some doctors offices are different. In the last year or two they’ve opened up injection Centers, so the nurses no longer do Lupron shots at the previous location.
It appears that Medicare advantage does sort of the same thing that Canada is doing with the management of patient bills. I’ve been told that Medicare pays the medical service a fixed fee for each patient. The fee is based on the severity of the patient’s condition. In this case, there’s no additional money to be earned by doing extra services. This is one of those things that’s hard to find the details out about.