or about five years before the full retirement age for most people.

including time and intensity; the practices expense.Many specialists make more than twice as much: Plastic surgeons top the compensation list at $619.

an internist and the director of the Harvard Medical School Center for Primary Care.have weighed in on the broad outlines of what such a transformation might look like.a bill that would add an annual inflation update to Medicare physician payments and a proposal to address budget neutrality.

Theres obviously something attractive about having a specialty and a high pay grade.Congress has delayed implementation of the code since 2021.

It would let physicians bill for complex patient evaluation and management services.

How Medicare drives paymentMedicare.such as repairing a hernia or removing a tumor.

such as overhead and equipment; and professional insuranceThe senior administration official also said the U.

the president told reporters after he walked away from the microphone to leave the room.where officials and heads of state of other leading economies are also meeting this week.