Incentive To Treat Bladder Cancer In Doctors' Offices Raised Medicare Costs

By Scott Hensley From the annals of bright health care ideas that have unintended consequences comes a tale of what happens when Medicare pays doctors more to do bladder cancer surgery in their offices. (Wikimedia Commons) http://media.npr.org/assets Read More...

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Posted Feb 08 2010, 09:34 AM by NPR Blogs: Shots - Health News
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