Medicare may overpay for many surgical procedures, RAND finds

Healthcare Finance: Medicare appears to be overpaying surgeons for many medical procedures, according to a new RAND Corporation analysis.

Writing in the New England Journal of Medicine, Andrew Mulcahy and colleagues suggest that federal officials should incorporate ways to more objectively measure the amount of postoperative care surgeons provide to patients -- the patient care item that is at the center of the dispute.

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