Although family physician and internal medicine doctors are pleased with the higher reimbursements they will see in 2013, other specialties are feeling largely ignored by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' final rule issued Nov. 1. The long-awaited physician fee rule acknowledges primary care providers but leaves out emergency room physicians and OB/GYNs, among other specialty groups, Kaiser Health News reported. Family doctors, internists and pediatricians next year will see Medicaid payments increase by up to 7 percent, estimated at $11 billion, according to American Academy of Family Physicians President Jeffrey Cain in a statement. These groups were specifically called out in the 2010 health law. OB/GYNs and emergency physicians sought to be included when CMS proposed rules in May but to little avail. --Read the full article on FierceHealthcare