Medicare pay: 2004 forecast looks gloomy

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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services have charged physicians for a 4.2% cut in rates in their preliminary estimates of 2004. The update is calculated by a complex formula intended after adjusting for various factors in order to allow physician-spending to grow at the rate of the gross domestic product.

Forecasts, trends, outlooks, Personnel administration, Offices & clinics of medical doctors, Physicians & Surgeons, Offices of Physicians (except Mental Health Specialists), Forecasts and trends, Compensation and benefits, Physicians, Market trend/market analysis

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GAO: boutique hospitals treat healthier patients

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A US General Accounting Office report discovered that 21 of the 25 specialty hospitals studied treated patients that were healthier than general service hospitals in the same area. As a result, general service hospitals pay more for patient care.

Science & research, Research, Economic aspects, Reports, Patient care, Administrative agencies, Government agencies, United States. Government Accountability Office

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Medicare hikes pay for pneumonia shots

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Medicare Part B will pay $18.62 for each pneumococcal vaccine starting Oct 1, 2003.

Strategy & planning, Financial management, Planning, Finance, Pneumococcal vaccine, Pneumococcal vaccines, Company business planning, Company financing

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