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There is evidence Re: unstable and untimely assignment of patients using claims
- ~50% of patients change "assignments" over a 2-year period..*
To the right of the text is a pie chart with the following data:
Figure 2: Stability of Physician Assignments of Medicare Beneficiaries from 2002 through 2002
- Assigned physician in 2002-2002: 54%
- Assigned physicians: assignment changed in 2000-2001 or 2001-2002: 28%
- Assigned physicians: assignment changed in 2000-2001 bur returned to baseline physician in 2001-2002: 7%
- Assigned physicians: assignment changed in 2000-2001 and 2001-2002: 11%
* Pham et al. Care patterns in Medicare and their implications for Pay for Performance. NEnglJMed. 2007;356:1130-9.
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