Managed care costing less than Medicare says survey
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
Managed care is leading to aggressive pricing structures in the US private sector, with many procedures costing less than federally-funded Medicare fees. An analysis of the 1,000 most significant healthcare procedure codes by healthcare information provider Medirisk found 800 examples where managed fees were at or below the level of Medicare's fee reimbursement schedule.