Abstract:Introduction
Burn injuries cost the USA ~$976.6 million annually. Physician reimbursement has lagged despite years of lobbying by physician groups. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services plan to cut physician reimbursement by 4.2% in 2023. Evaluating reimbursement data for hospital-based procedures is timely, including burn procedures. We hypothesized Medicare reimbursement trends for common burn procedures decreased from 2010-2022.
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