Medicare Advantage Plans Shift Their Financial Risk To Doctors

(By Phil Galewitz for Kaiser Health News)

STUART, Fla. — Dr. Christopher Rao jumped out of his office chair. He’d just learned an elderly patient at high risk of falling was resisting his advice to go to an inpatient rehabilitation facility following a hip fracture. Continue reading article here…

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