8. February 2010 by admin.

Study shows how Medicare rewards MDs for overuse- Reuters

Medicare’s move in 2005 to pay doctors to do bladder cancer surgery in their offices rather than in hospitals dramatically raised the number of procedures and overall health costs, U.S. researchers said on Monday.

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The findings reflect the complexity of cutting health costs in the United States, showing how in some cases Medicare — the insurance program for the elderly and disabled — gives doctors incentives to provide too much care, they said.

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