Part B Insider (Multispecialty) Coding Alert
Times Blames Your Doctors For High Costs
Published on Thu Jul 19, 2007 
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High prescription-drug costs aren't the cause of the nation's rising healthcare costs, economists argue. Instead, they blame the fact that U.S. doctors make two to three times more than doctors from other industrialized countries, reports the New York Times. Also, instead of paying doctors a flat fee, payors reward doctors for performing more procedures, the Times insisted.
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