Medicare May End Price Discrimination Against Independent Physicians
September 03, 2019
September 03, 2019
TUCSON, Arizona, Sept. 3 -- The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons issued the following news release:
If a Medicare patient gets a service performed in a hospital-owned facility, Medicare may pay far more than if the same service was done in a physician-owned clinic, writes Lawrence Huntoon, M.D., Ph.D., in the fall issue of the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons. This unfair advantage to hospitals has caused many physician practices to close or be bought by ho . . .
If a Medicare patient gets a service performed in a hospital-owned facility, Medicare may pay far more than if the same service was done in a physician-owned clinic, writes Lawrence Huntoon, M.D., Ph.D., in the fall issue of the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons. This unfair advantage to hospitals has caused many physician practices to close or be bought by ho . . .