Medicare understands the value of primary care, but the process of increasing payments to such providers may be more difficult than the program realizes, a former head of the American Academy of Family Physicians said here.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has for the last 2 years introduced new payment codes to reward services unique to primary care -- a sign these agencies realize the value of primary care.
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September 27, 2013
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