Medicare’s new primary care payment rule is good news for patients

(By Robert McLean and Gary Leroy for STAT)

The ongoing relationship between primary care physicians and their patients forms the foundation of good health. Although that relationship has survived over the decades, cracks are appearing in it — the result of decades in which Medicare and other payers have devalued primary care by paying more for tests and procedures than for primary care visits.  Continue reading article here…

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