potential overbilling based on the hours worked implied by the service codes physicians submit to Medicare. Using the Medicare … and Medicaid Services (CMS), we first construct estimates for physicians' hours spent on Medicare Part B FFS beneficiaries …. Despite our deliberately conservative estimation procedure, we find that about 2,300 physicians, or 3% of those with a …

potential overbilling based on the hours worked implied by the service codes physicians submit to Medicare. Using the Medicare … and Medicaid Services (CMS), we first construct estimates for physicians' hours spent on Medicare Part B FFS beneficiaries …. Despite our deliberately conservative estimation procedure, we find that about 2,300 physicians, or 3% of those with a …

strong position on the market for health care services. Physicians exert a type of monopolistic power which can be described … counterbalance the strong bargaining position of the physicians. Thus, health care expenditure is higher, financing either extra … profits for physicians or a higher number of them. In addition, health insurers do not have an incentive to contract …