PPRC: new plan needed to boost rural, primary care

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Medicare should increase reimbursement to physicians who practice in rural areas and who treat the poor, according to recommendations by the Physician Payment Review Commission. The necessary funds can be taken from payments to surgeons and specialists, says the commission's 1992 report. Primary care and family medicine payments should increase 39% by 1996, with 16% more for internists and 15% less for surgeons. Medicare already pays 10% more to doctors who practice in places designated Health Professional Shortage Areas.

Care and treatment, Laws, regulations and rules, Finance, Reports, Physicians, Medical professions, Poor, Rural health services

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PPRC backs bigger pay boost for surgeons

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The Physician Payment Review Commission recommends a one-year increase in Medicare payments for surgery. Surgeons may receive a 2.6% increase, whereas other physicians would receive only 0.3%. No final decision has been reached, and conflicting opinions are expressed by the AMA, the American College of Surgeons, and the Department of Health and Human Services. Also, officers of the American Academy of Family Practice fear that the differential will influence medical students to shun primary care.

Management, Economic policy, Surgeons

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