Medicare Addresses Shortage of Primary Care Doctors By Taking Money From Specialists, Giving It To Primary Care Docs
Medicare would reduce reimbursement for many types of specialists to fund sizable raises for primary care physicians in 2013, according to a proposed fee schedule that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released today. See the story at Medscape.
| Specialty | Fee Change* |
| Anesthesiology | -3% |
| Cardiology | -3% |
| Interventional radiology | -3% |
| Neurosurgery | -1% |
| Pathology | -2% |
| Radiology | -4% |
| Urology | -2% |
| Vascular Surgery | -3% |
