tci Part B Insider - 2003 Issue 7

TO PARTICIPATE OR NOT?

It makes sense for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to do things to encourage providers to stay participating, consultant Quin Buechner says. It gives CMS "political talking points" to cite a high participation rate. But Buechner believes that physicians are starting to become more "feisty," in part because they've sharpened their self-defense skills in battles with managed-care plans. "It'll be interesting to see how many people participate this year," Buechner says. If the participation rate drops a lot, it may signal "a significant rebellion on the part of the physicians to being jerked around by...

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