Medicare payments to physicians will decrease an average of 5% in 2007, according to a final version of CMS rules made public on Wednesday, the AP/Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports (Freking, AP/Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 11/2). CMS in the draft version of the rules had projected a 5.1% reduction (Reichard, CQ HealthBeat, 11/1). [click link for full article]
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