This is a great article and in the New York Times today and it has been broken down to show the overall mathematics that are used to determine payments. We are again, back to the “A” word that you see plastered in the center of this blog, an algorithm. I just finished watching a PBS documentary...
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This tells the story pretty well and there’s stories just like it all over the US. Fixed costs have gone up over the years an .png?imgmax=800" width="167" height="172" alt="" /> d basically family practice doctors have not had any increase since 2001. In my travels, I have run into physicians who...
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