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Reimbursement for Medicare Patients
Blog By: Richard M. Dupee MD FACP AGSF FRSM
An Arizona Mayo Clinic will no longer accept new Medicare patients. Reimbursement is far less, about 50% less, than the costs of providing care. We in private practice know this, now the rest of the country will know. Is this just the beginning?
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Posted by facebook user on May 26, 2010 at 4:05 pm
Barbara Beardsell Witherspoon Yes, it's just the beginning. I know a physician who has a nice practice seeing patients in assisted living facilities; she has done very well in this venue. She is getting out of it because of the Medicare reimbursement.
Posted by facebook user on May 26, 2010 at 3:05 pm
Yes, it's just the beginning. I know a physician who has a nice practice seeing patients in assisted living facilities; she has done very well in this venue. She is getting out of it because of the Medicare reimbursement.
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