USA TODAY: Reimbursements to doctors who provide Medicare services in 2012 ranged from nearly $21 million to a single Florida ophthalmologist to the $27,000 for the average anesthesiologist, according to the first look at government payment data in 35 years…
It reveals wide variances in reimbursements, procedure costs and what services are provided to Medicare beneficiaries…
The three specialties with the highest rates of reimbursement were public health welfare agencies at 94%, mass immunization specialists at 92% and slide preparation facilities at 91%. Anesthesiologists and their assistants ranked at the bottom of the reimbursement pile with rates of 15% and 13%, respectively… (more)
EDITOR: From examining the chart that accompanies the article, it appears that Pennsylvania doctors are not faring as well as physicians from other states.
