title: A house divided. It's physician vs. physician in battle over Medicare fee schedule.
abstract: Medicare is turning the house of medicine into a house divided against itself. Three different Medicare payment bases for different procedures practiced by the numerous specialties is pitting primary-care doctors against surgeons and sometimes against procedure-oriented specialists.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gardner
mesh_terms: D004470:Economics, Medical; D005245:Fee Schedules / Q000592:standards*; D005102:Health Expenditures / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D016345:Medicare Part B / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000191:economics; D015895:Relative Value Scales; D013038:Specialization; D014481:United States