Rural Primary Care Physician Payment 2006-2009: What a Difference Three Years Doesn't Make

Date
11/2009
Description

The analysis in this brief shows the impact of Medicare's Evaluation and Management (E&M) service valuation adjustment (implemented January 1, 2007) on two prototypical primary care practices--one providing only E&M services and the other providing a mix of procedures and E&M services.

Center
RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis
Authors
A. Clinton MacKinney, Keith Mueller, Mary Charlton