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Rural primary care physician payment 2006-2009: what a difference three years doesn't make
Rural policy brief, (2009 12), pp.1-6
11/01/2009
PMID: 19957416
Abstract
(1) The 2007 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule that increased compensation for cognitive (Evaluation and Management) services at a rate exceeding increases for procedural services resulted in modest increases in rural primary care physician income in a prototypical practice. (2) A prototypical cognitive primary care practice realized a higher percentage increase in income, but a prototypical procedural practice realized a larger dollar increase in income (due to a higher 2007 baseline income). (3) However, additional changes to the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule between 2006 and 2009 reduced intended primary care physician compensation increases, resulting in only minimal increases in primary care physician income when adjusted for inflation.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Rural primary care physician payment 2006-2009: what a difference three years doesn't make
- Creators
- A Clinton MacKinneyKeith J MuellerMary Charlton
- Resource Type
- Report
- Publication Details
- Rural policy brief, (2009 12), pp.1-6
- PMID
- 19957416
- NLM abbreviation
- Rural Policy Brief
- eISSN
- 2152-0267
- Grant note
- U1G RH07633 / PHS HHS
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 11/01/2009
- Academic Unit
- Health Management and Policy; Epidemiology; Public Policy Center (Archive)
- Record Identifier
- 9984221642302771
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