Reimbursement

I haven't gotten too much into the entire headache that is reimbursement. I got into PT to treat patients. I chose this profession over most other medical professions because we get to really be one on one. So when we have trouble getting paid by insurance companies for our hard work, it seems a little ridiculous that the latest CPT (insurance) codes for:
"The addition of codes for telephone and online evaluations reflect a reality anticipated in the Future of Family Medicine report - one in which "interactions will not be limited to traditional, individual, face-to-face encounters between the patient and the family physician."

Don't physicians spend too little time with their patients already?
Five minute consultation?

While I love technology and I can see some (albeit minimal) value of this type of "evaluation", face to face treatment is irreplaceable as is the laying on of hands.

Sidenote: Does drinking make for better academia? (Say it ain't so)