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CMS Details Medicaid Primary Care Payments Boost

The CMS issued a final rule late Thursday temporarily increasing primary-care physician payments from Medicaid.

The rule (PDF), which implements a provision of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, details the extent and target of the increase, which takes effect in January and lasts through 2014.

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Source: ModernHealthcare.com

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