Medicare paid doctors $90B in 2013, up 17%

(Reuters) — Medicare paid physicians $90 billion in 2013, up 17% from $77 billion in 2012, U.S. healthcare officials reported today. Physician payments accounted for less than ⅕ of Medicare’s 2013 net outlays of $492 billion, which rose 5.6% from $466 billion in 2012. Payments to hospitals for the top 100 inpatient stays cost Medicare […]

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