An unprecedented release of Medicare payment data is beginning to shine light on how doctors and other medical professionals are compensated for their work – and The Lund Report has started to join in the examination.
Over time, the newly available data is expected to provide insight into overtreatment, overbilling and disparities in care and costs. But experts are also cautioning the curious to take care when drawing conclusions from the dataset, which was released as a result of legislation jointly championed by senators from opposite sides of the political isle – Democrat Ron Wyden of Oregon and Republican Charles Grassley of Iowa.
April 17, 2014
An unprecedented release of Medicare payment data is beginning to shine light on how doctors and other medical professionals are compensated for th
