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Efforts To Reduce Medicaid Costs Leave Docs, Hospitals Feeling Pinch
In an effort to contain health care costs, dozens of states are reducing Medicaid payments to doctors and hospitals. A report from a University of Kansas researcher, however, finds a "glaring need" for more preventive services and patient education and argues these steps are ways to control Medicaid spending.
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