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Decrease in Inflation-Adjusted Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Payments in Surgery from 2013 to 2023
Submitted By Charlene Ice, Created 01/25/2024 - 18:37
- surgical procedures overall: payment decreased 22.8%
- vascular surgery: payment decreased 25.8%
- endocrine surgery: payment decreased 22.0%
- general surgery: payment decreased 27.0%
- thoracic surgery: payment decreased 19.2%
- surgical oncology: payment decreased 22.1%
- breast surgery: payment decreased 22.4%
- urology surgery: payment decreased 2.2%
- neurosurgery: payment decreased 22.8%
- obstetrics/gynecological surgery: payment decreased 19.9%
- orthopedic surgery: payment decreased 24.7%
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...
Notes: The Consumer Price Index increased by 29.3% from 2013 to 2023.