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Originally Posted by firstdown
Lots of doctors order unnessary test so they don't get sued. A good portion of those test are done by specialist and the doctor ordering them makes nothing of them.
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Right, which is why they'd institute the new methodology. One payment to cover everything, and then it's up to the providers to figure out a way to share that payment.
Then there's a downward pressure on ordering extra tests to counterbalance the risk of getting sued. It makes them walk the line.