Earlier this month, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services released Medicare payment data for more than 800,000 physicians. The American Medical Association opposed this unprecedented act, but did not move to stop it. Here are five areas the AMA believes should be considered when interpreting the raw data.
• Lack of context
• Medicare payments do not represent a physician's personal income
• Majority of physicians do not receive sizeable Medicare payments
• Attribution issues could lead to distorted data
• Data does not take quality into consideration
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• Lack of context
• Medicare payments do not represent a physician's personal income
• Majority of physicians do not receive sizeable Medicare payments
• Attribution issues could lead to distorted data
• Data does not take quality into consideration
More Articles on Coding and Billing:
Potential Downside of the ICD-10 Delay
15 Statistics on Disclosed Medicare Payments of 880,000 Physicians
12 Statistics on Medical Coder Workplace in 2013