GAO Report Says Physicians Not Likely to Limit Medicare Patients if Pay is Cut
According to the report, which analyzes CMS data, concerns about decreased access to providers “were heightened in 2002″ when Medicare physician payments were reduced 5.4% to lower spending increases. However, the report finds that no more than about 7% of beneficiaries have experienced “a major access difficulty.”
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