Part B Insider (Multispecialty) Coding Alert
The States That Benefit Most
Published on Sun Nov 30, 2003
According to Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) and the American Medical Association, here are the states where physicians will gain the most under the new Medicare reform bill from 2004 to 2013. 
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