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Sniffles? Cancer? Under plan, Medicare payments for office visit would be the same

WASHINGTON – The Trump administration is proposing huge changes in the way Medicare pays doctors for the most common of all medical services, the office visit, offering physicians basically the same amount, regardless of a patient’s condition or the complexity of the services provided.

Administration officials said the proposal would radically reduce paperwork burdens, freeing doctors to spend more time with patients. The government would pay one rate for new patients and another, lower rate for visits with established patients.

http://www.startribune.com/sniffles-cancer-under-plan-medicare-payments-for-office-visit-would-be-the-same/488847071/

 

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