JAN 16, 2015
Medicine Gears Up for Fight to Prevent Elimination of Global Surgical Payments
By Chantay Moye
In an emergency meeting this week, Academy leaders joined a large coalition of surgical groups to mount a strategy to prevent the elimination of global surgical payments under Medicare. The show of solidarity is the first step in sending a clear message to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services that its decision to eliminate global surgical payments is not in the best interest of medicine or patients.