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Medicare reimbursement policies for outpatient services have encouraged physician integration with hospitals, according to a new study and commentary published in
Health Services Research.
That s in part because Medicare reimbursement for physician services, on average, would have been $114,000 higher per physician per year for those who were integrated with a hospital, researchers found.
For primary care alone, reimbursement would have been $63,000 higher per physician per year for those who were integrated with a hospital. For medical specialties, the average reimbursement difference was $178,000, and for surgical specialties, it was $150,000.
The reimbursement difference per specialty ranged from $363,000 for urology to $15,000 for psychiatry, according to the study.