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Ob.gyn. practices are being affected as physicians nationwide are rethinking treating Medicare patients.
Internists and family physicians have begun limiting the number of Medicare patients they take on, have dosed their practices to new Medicare patients, or--in some cases--have stopped caring for Medicare patients entirely.
The exact number of ob.gyns. who've recently made similar moves is not known. While some ob.gyns. are turning away Medicare patients, others maybe seeing an increase as Medicare patients lose access to their family physicians and internists.
For instance, in Pasadena, Calif., female Medicare patients are migrating to Dr. James Macer, an ob.gyn., for...
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