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Originally Posted by borregokid
The AMA fought the release of the information for 35 years. It will take a few weeks before the information can be analyzed. USA Today has already broken down average Medicare billing per doctor. Florida was the highest at $144,000. I remember reading a couple of years ago the average Medicare recipient in parts of Florida cost Medicare $18,000 per year or double the national average. The lowest state for reimbursements is Minnesota at $32,000 per doctor. Somebody will have to find out why Florida is more than 4x as high as Minnesota.
First look at Medicare data in 35 years
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FL, especially SFL, has much larger older demographic, for one. The cost in that market should also be a factor. They also have a high volume turnover for the state, especially SFL.
This is certainly significant.
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2% of healthcare providers accounted for 23% of the Medicare fees, the federal data show.