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. 2023 Jul 11;330(2):115-116.
doi: 10.1001/jama.2023.6154.

The Medicare Physician Fee Schedule and Unethical Behavior

Robert A Berenson  1 , Ezekiel J Emanuel  2
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The Medicare Physician Fee Schedule and Unethical Behavior

Robert A Berenson et al. JAMA. .
No abstract available

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This Viewpoint discusses the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule and its flaws, including how they might be remedied by severing CMS dependence on Relative Value Update Committee estimates of time and intensity.

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