Texas Week
May 22, 2015 | How to cut Medicare costs and keep docs happy
Season 5 Episode 520 | 26m 46sVideo has Closed Captions
A San Antonio company cut Medicare costs in McAllen by changing how doctors get paid
Six years ago, the city of McAllen had the highest Medicare costs per capita in the nation. Since then, those costs have been drastically reduced. A physician/journalist writing in a recent New Yorker magazine gave a lot of credit to a San Antonio company that has changed how doctors get paid, making doctors happy while at the same time saving money.
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Texas Week is a local public television program presented by KLRN
Texas Week
May 22, 2015 | How to cut Medicare costs and keep docs happy
Season 5 Episode 520 | 26m 46sVideo has Closed Captions
Six years ago, the city of McAllen had the highest Medicare costs per capita in the nation. Since then, those costs have been drastically reduced. A physician/journalist writing in a recent New Yorker magazine gave a lot of credit to a San Antonio company that has changed how doctors get paid, making doctors happy while at the same time saving money.
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