Decrease in Inflation-Adjusted Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Payments in Surgery from 2013 to 2023

1. surgical procedures overall: payment decreased 22.8%
2. vascular surgery: payment decreased 25.8%
3. endocrine surgery: payment decreased 22.0%
4. general surgery: payment decreased 27.0%
5. thoracic surgery: payment decreased 19.2%
6. surgical oncology: payment decreased 22.1%
7. breast surgery: payment decreased 22.4%
8. urology surgery: payment decreased 2.2%
9. neurosurgery: payment decreased 22.8%
10. obstetrics/gynecological surgery: payment decreased 19.9%
11. orthopedic surgery: payment decreased 24.7%

Notes: The Consumer Price Index increased by 29.3% from 2013 to 2023.
Source: Surgery, "Analysis of 10-year trends in Medicare Physician Fee Schedule payments in surgery," January 22, 2024
Source URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S00396...

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