Medicare finalizes controversial cut to specialty care next year

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Medicare has locked in a controversial pay cut for specialty doctors next year, normalizing reimbursement between specialists and primary care doctors and curbing the influence of a powerful physician association in setting rates.

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Unsurprisingly, however, primary care groups applauded the rule — including the Primary Care Collaborative, which said it addresses “methods that have long diverted funding away from the whole-person, relationship-based primary care Americans need.”

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