tci Part B Insider - 2007 Issue 14

PHYSICIAN NOTES: Medicare May Single Out Expensive Doctors, Bundle More Services

Change is in the air for physicians billing MedicareWarning: Drastic moves to slash at the growth of physician spending could be on the way. A March 10 hearing of the House Ways & Means Health Subcommittee considered some fixes, including:- Putting one physician on the spot for all the care each patient needs for a particular -episode- of care. It would be easy to group most physician services into individual -episodes- and then give the responsible physician a -score,- claimed Glenn Hackbarth, chair of the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC). Hospitals and other providers already receive Medicare payments...

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