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Specialties work equally hard, study supports equitable pay
Aptly timed, as physician groups implore the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to make changes to its proposed 2012 fee schedule and others fight for primary care to be more highly
Docs agree payment models need to change, but don't want less
A majority of doctors feel that something needs to be done to fix the ailing Medicare reimbursement situation, but very few of those doctors can agree on a remedy, according to the results of a
SGR: Déjà vu or permanent change?
Apple-picking. Extra layers. Halloween candy on sale to buy, eat and repurchase on Oct. 30 or so (admit it!). And you know what that means is right around the corner: another massive threat to
Primary-care pay gap overwhelms policy changes to make the field more attractive
Over the course of a 43-year career, primary-care physicians earn less than half as much as their counterparts in cardiology, while physicians in 13 other specialties dwarf their incomes even more,
Reform bill's 'value index' could mean more pay for higher-quality doctors
While the proposal hasn't received much coverage in reviews of the health-reform process, both the Senate and House reform bills include one interesting provision that could change the way CMS pays
Physician compensation still out of balance
Sometimes, I think those who have to pay physicians must feel like Hamlet did when forced to cope with his situation: "The time is out of joint-O cursed spite,That ever I was born to set it right!"
