PODCAST: How Much Does Medicare Actually Pay Each Doctor?

Medicare Released Data on What It Paid To Each Doctor in America from 2012 to 2015 and the Wall Street Journal Compiled That Information Into an Amazing Searchable Database.

Texas CEO Magazine Eric Bricker 1 - SO 14 - Texas CEO Magazine

BY DR. ERIC BRICKER MD

The Findings:

1) Some Individual Doctors Were Paid Upwards of $5.8 Million Dollars by Medicare in Just a Single Year!

2) The Specialists That Charged Medicare the Most Tended to Be Vascular Surgeons, Ophthalmologists, Oncologists and Cardiologists.

Implications for Employer-Sponsored Health Plans:

1) Medicare Data Can Be Used to Identify High Volume Physicians and Surgeons.

2) The Highest-Costing Doctors Are Concentrated in a Relatively Small Number of Specialties That Can Be Targeted for Detailed Review, Feedback and Possible Exclusion/Steerage Away.

ASSESSMENT: Your thoughts and comments are appreciated.

Citation: https://www.r2library.com/Resource/Title/0826102549

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