Some MDs will withdraw from Medicare if payment decreases
Case Management Weekly, March 22, 2006
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Some physicians plan to decrease the number of Medicare beneficiaries they treat or stop accepting beneficiaries as new patients if the federal government goes forward with a plan to cut payment rates, the American Medical Association (AMA) said. Medicare payments to physicians are scheduled to be reduced by 4.6% next year unless lawmakers act to change the formula used to reimburse physicians who treat Medicare beneficiaries.
According to an AMA survey, about 29% of physicians responding to an online poll said they plan to reduce the number of beneficiaries they take on as new patients if the cuts take effect, and 16% said they plan to stop accepting any beneficiaries as new patients.
Source: California Healthline
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