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Recently adopted legislation has repealed the sustainable growth rate formula

AMA Announces End of Sustainable Growth Rate Formula

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Legislation includes provisions such as simplification of reporting programs, incentive payments
Approximately 20 percent of Medicare patients with melanoma face delays in getting surgical treatment

Medicare Beneficiaries With Melanoma May Face Tx Delay

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Around one in five Medicare patients experience a surgical delay greater than 1.5 months
During 2002 to 2011

Productivity Growth in U.S. Hospitals During 2002 to 2011

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In adjusted analyses, productivity growth seen for treatment of heart attack, heart failure, pneumonia
Report cards on the quality of surgical care provided by hospitals don't appear to benefit Medicare patients

ACS-NSQIP Report Cards Don’t Appear to Provide Much Benefit

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Better use of data to implement change is needed, researchers suggest