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Doctors say Medicare report only half of story
It took more than a decade of full-time training for Dr. Gohar Salam to be able to perform the complex eye surgeries he specializes in at his private practice. A retinal specialist in ophthalmology, he can operate on the delicate tissues inside the eye using lasers and other high-tech equipment. He also treats ailments such as macular degeneration, which requires regular injections of drugs. Medicare covers these drugs in about 80 percent of his patients which means a recent government report on Medicare payments to U.S. doctors may make him “look like a king” compared with other doctors in the area…Read More