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Post-Election Update: Physician Medicare Reimbursement

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Guest: Carla Ginsburg, MD, MPH Host: Jay Goldstein, MD Physicians continue to face payment cuts from Medicare, largely due to a flawed payment formula. What is on the horizon for 2009 and beyond? President-elect Obama has identified sweeping health care reform as a goal of his presidency. How could the new administration's health care overhaul affect physician reimbursement? Dr. Carla Ginsburg, professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and private practice counselor on the governing board of the AGA, dissects the complexities of Medicare with host Dr. Jay Goldstein.