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Bargaining in the Shadow of a Giant: Medicare's Influence on Private Payment Systems
National Bureau of Economic Research [NBER] Oct. 7, 2013
"On average, a $1 change in Medicare's relative payments results in a $1.30 change in private payments. We find that Medicare similarly moves the level of private payments when it alters fees across the board. Medicare thus strongly influences both relative valuations and aggregate expenditures on physicians' services.... Medicare's price transmission is strongest in markets with large numbers of physicians and low provider consolidation."
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