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]]> http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2008/02/13/interactions-between-the-sgr-and-rbrvs-making-sense-of-alphabet-soup/comment-page-1/#comment-15699 Health Affairs Blog Wed, 20 Feb 2008 18:01:19 +0000 http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2008/02/13/interactions-between-the-sgr-and-rbrvs-making-sense-of-alphabet-soup/#comment-15699 [...] Editor’s Note: This is the fourth post in a Health Affairs Blog series on Medicare physician compensation and the Sustainable Growth Rate mechanism. Paul Ginsburg, Robert Berenson, and Mina Matin have contributed earlier posts, and in the coming days the series will feature posts by Frank Opelka, Eugene Rich, and Gail Wilensky. [...] [...] Editor’s Note: This is the fourth post in a Health Affairs Blog series on Medicare physician compensation and the Sustainable Growth Rate mechanism. Paul Ginsburg, Robert Berenson, and Mina Matin have contributed earlier posts, and in the coming days the series will feature posts by Frank Opelka, Eugene Rich, and Gail Wilensky. [...]

]]> http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2008/02/13/interactions-between-the-sgr-and-rbrvs-making-sense-of-alphabet-soup/comment-page-1/#comment-15694 Health Affairs Blog Wed, 20 Feb 2008 17:54:37 +0000 http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2008/02/13/interactions-between-the-sgr-and-rbrvs-making-sense-of-alphabet-soup/#comment-15694 [...] Editor’s Note: This is the fifth post in a Health Affairs Blog series on Medicare physician compensation and the Sustainable Growth Rate mechanism. Paul Ginsburg, Robert Berenson, Mina Matin, and Jay Crosson have contributed earlier posts, and in the coming days the series will feature posts by Eugene Rich and Gail Wilensky.  [...] [...] Editor’s Note: This is the fifth post in a Health Affairs Blog series on Medicare physician compensation and the Sustainable Growth Rate mechanism. Paul Ginsburg, Robert Berenson, Mina Matin, and Jay Crosson have contributed earlier posts, and in the coming days the series will feature posts by Eugene Rich and Gail Wilensky.  [...]

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]]> http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2008/02/13/interactions-between-the-sgr-and-rbrvs-making-sense-of-alphabet-soup/comment-page-1/#comment-15184 Our Own System » Blog Archive » The Need for More…Primary Care Physicians Thu, 14 Feb 2008 12:43:40 +0000 http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2008/02/13/interactions-between-the-sgr-and-rbrvs-making-sense-of-alphabet-soup/#comment-15184 [...] Robert Berenson at Health Affairs Blog writes of the problems being created by Medicare reimbursements for PCPs: When physicians receive less than 1 percent fee increases year after year, we can expect physicians increasingly to stop seeing Medicare patients, at least those whose clinical expertise does not depend inordinately on the disabled and seniors. Already many PCPs have stopped accepting new Medicare patients, whether or not national surveys have detected the phenomenon. Many physicians who continue to serve Medicare patients are themselves approaching Medicare age and will soon retire, leaving patients without a personal physician and little likelihood that younger physicians will fill the void. [...] [...] Robert Berenson at Health Affairs Blog writes of the problems being created by Medicare reimbursements for PCPs: When physicians receive less than 1 percent fee increases year after year, we can expect physicians increasingly to stop seeing Medicare patients, at least those whose clinical expertise does not depend inordinately on the disabled and seniors. Already many PCPs have stopped accepting new Medicare patients, whether or not national surveys have detected the phenomenon. Many physicians who continue to serve Medicare patients are themselves approaching Medicare age and will soon retire, leaving patients without a personal physician and little likelihood that younger physicians will fill the void. [...]

]]> http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2008/02/13/interactions-between-the-sgr-and-rbrvs-making-sense-of-alphabet-soup/comment-page-1/#comment-15119 Christopher Langston Wed, 13 Feb 2008 20:17:15 +0000 http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2008/02/13/interactions-between-the-sgr-and-rbrvs-making-sense-of-alphabet-soup/#comment-15119 Great post, very helpful. Great post, very helpful.

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