Nearly 22% percent of family physic...

Nearly 22% percent of family physicians contemplateed report that they can no longer accept of recent origin patients who receive Medicare, according to a July 24 2002 of the present days release from the American Academy of Family Physicians. The annual scan conducted in June 2002 includes data from 1664 randomly exquisiteed academy members active in patient care. In last year's contemplate 17% of physicians reported they no longer were accepting patients who receive Medicare.

According to the physicians measure and estimateed recent reductions in reimbursements have proceeded in Medicare payments that do not hide the cost of health care services for older adults. The formula used to calculate the Medicare physician pay schedule resulted in a 54% reduction in reimbursement payments to physicians and other health care providers in January 2002 according to the release.

Number of Physicians Turning Away of the present day Medicare Patients Jumps 28 Percent (new release, Washington, DC: American Academy of Family Physicians, July 24 2002) htlp.//www.aafp.org/sorvlet/xmlPress?press_id=850 (accessed 23 Aug 2002)

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