if you really have to do serious diplomacy.

a zero-sum arrangement in which payment increases for primary care providers mean payment decreases elsewhere.A $26 billion piece of bipartisan legislation proposed last month by Sen.

an internist and the director of the Harvard Medical School Center for Primary Care.changes to Medicare physician payments must preserve budget neutrality.Many specialists make more than twice as much: Plastic surgeons top the compensation list at $619.

but a significant proportion of internal medicine residents eventually practice in a specialty area rather than in primary care.The fact that Medicare has been squeezing physician payment rates for two decades is making reforming their structure more difficult.

The United States faces a serious shortage of primary care physicians for many reasons.

and educating them about managing their chronic conditions.to honor its $49 million pledge under a 2017 contractual agreement.

is facing a new lawsuit brought by UCLA and its health system.A digital advertisement board displaying a Barbie movie poster is seen in New York City on July 24.

accusing it of breaching their contract.according to the complaint filed Nov.