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Archive > March, 2008 Vol. IX, No. 3

Editor's Page

Enough With the Reimbursement Gimmicks

Dan O'Connor, Editor-in-Chief

I'm pretty sure I saw some folks squirming in their seats and bowing their heads in shame when the Wall Street fellow at the podium began to tsk-tsk out-of-network and under arrangements billing, two reimbursement gimmicks that have drawn the ire of federal regulators and the attention of private payors — and gotten a few folks rich quickly, often at the expense of patients, the healthcare system and those of you who choose to play it straight.

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