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Mystery shoppers a taxpayer waste, Rep. Roe says
In an editorial published in The Hill today, Representative Phil Roe (R-Tenn.), a physician, called the controversial mystery shopper program by the Administration "a waste of taxpayer money,"
Docs offer payment reform ideas to Congressional committee
Major trade groups representing physicians nationwide made presentations to a House subcommittee on Thursday with their suggestions for fixing the current Sustainable Growth System rate for Medicare
Sebelius: ACOs can be hospital-free
Doctors have told Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius that they're concerned accountable care organizations could become dominated by hospitals and force physicians to
Obama's budget delays deep cuts to physician payments
Although President Obama's proposed $3.73 trillion budget for 2012 calls for more than $1 trillion in slashed spending, it protects doctors from steep cuts in their Medicare payments with a two year
Proposed three-year doc fix helps primary care, puts off SGR
With just days left to avert the planned 21 percent cut to Medicare physician pay, Congress has proposed a new three-year fix that would for the first time pay more for general (primary) care than
