Medicare payment data for spine reimbursement; important but flawed data for evaluating utilization of resources.

Surg Neurol Int · 2015 · PMC4566303 · PMID 26425400

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Orthopedic surgeons had a statistical trend illustrating increased reimbursement for lumbar fusions specifically, $1187 versus $1073 ( P = 0.07).

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