Medicare Payments for Dermatology Procedures Fall 29%
Medicare payments for dermatology procedures dropped 29%, squeezing procedural revenue and raising access concerns for skin-cancer surveillance across practices.
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Coding, reimbursement, teledermatology and workforce.
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