Becker's Healthcare March 3, 2021
Katie Adams

Last year’s Medicare claims data on physician services shows that spending was 19 percent lower than projected levels during the first half of 2020, resulting in a reduction of $9.4 billion in payments to physicians, according to a report released March 3 by the American Medical Association.

The report revealed that Medicare physician spending dropped as much as 57 percent below projected pre-pandemic levels in April of 2020, improving that margin to 12 percent by the end of June.

Decreases in cumulative physician...

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