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CMS’ Opportunity: A Lawsuit Offers A Chance To Reform Physician Payment
Brian Klepper and David C. Kibbe Posted 10/25/11 on the Health Affairs Blog By mid-November, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)...
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A Health Affairs Study on Medicare Spending and the RUC
Chris Fleming Posted 5/7/12 on the Health Affairs Blog ©2012 Health Affairs by Project HOPE – The People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc. To calculate physicians’ fees under Medicare—which in turn...
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The Most Important Health Care Group You’ve Never Heard Of
Brian Klepper and Paul Fischer Posted 8/06/12 on Medscape Connect’s Care and Cost Blog Excessive health care spending is overwhelming America’s economy, but the subtler truth is that this excess has...
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Who Will Speak For Physicians and Their Patients?
Brian Klepper Posted 8/29/12 on Medscape Connect’s Care and Cost Blog Dr. George Lundberg has an important article on Medpage Today that deserves the thoughtful consideration of every American...
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How Primary Care Became the Job Nobody Wanted (and How To Fix It))
Brian Klepper Posted 11/21/12 on Medscape Connect’s Care & Cost Blog Here a link on SlideServe to my plenary presentation on CMS’ relationship with the AMA’s Relative Value Scale Update Committee...
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The RUC, Health Care Finance’s Star Chamber, Remains Untouchable
Brian Klepper Posted 2/1/13 on The Health Affairs Blog On January 7, a federal appeals court rejected six Georgia primary care physicians’ (PCPs) challenge to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid...
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