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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