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TABLE 30--Impact of Practice Expense Changes on Total
Medicare Allowed Charges by Physician, Practitioner and
Supplier Subcategory
Specialty
2006
(25%
Blend)
2007
(50%
Blend)
2008
(75%
Blend)
2009
(100%
Blend)
Physicians:
Allergy/Immunology 0.6% 1.1% 1.7% 2.3%
Anesthesiology -0.7% -1.5% -2.2% -2.9%
Cardiac Surgery -1.0% -2.0% -2.9% -3.9%
Cardiology -0.5% -1.1% -1.6% -2.1%
Colon and Rectal Surgery 0.7% 1.5% 2.2% 3.0%
Critical Care -0.3% -0.5% -0.8% -1.0%
Dermatology 4.1% 8.4% 12.8% 17.5%
Emergency Medicine -0.4% -0.8% -1.3% -1.7%
Endocrinology -0.5% -1.0% -1.5% -1.9%
Family Practice 0.1% 0.1% 0.2% 0.2%
Gastroenterology 1.4% 2.8% 4.3% 5.7%
General Practice 0.2% 0.3% 0.5% 0.7%
General Surgery 0.2% 0.3% 0.5% 0.6%
Geriatrics -0.2% -0.5% -0.7% -1.0%
Hand Surgery -0.5% -1.0% -1.5% -1.9%
Hematology/Oncology 0.4% 0.7% 1.1% 1.4%
Infectious Disease -0.1% -0.2% -0.2% -0.3%
Internal Medicine -0.1% -0.3% -0.4% -0.6%
Interventional Radiology 0.2% 0.5% 0.7% 0.9%
Nephrology -0.2% -0.4% -0.6% -0.8%
Neurology -0.6% -1.1% -1.7% -2.2%
Neurosurgery -0.7% -1.4% -2.0% -2.7%
Nuclear Medicine -0.3% -0.5% -0.8% -1.0%
Obstetrics/Gynecology 0.0% 0.1% 0.1% 0.2%
Ophthalmology -1.1% -2.2% -3.3% -4.4%
Orthopedic Surgery -0.4% -0.7% -1.1% -1.5%
Otolaryngology -0.6% -1.1% -1.7% -2.2%
Pathology 1.3% 2.6% 3.9% 5.3%
Pediatrics 0.1% 0.2% 0.3% 0.5%
Physical Medicine -0.5% -1.1% -1.6% -2.1%
Plastic Surgery 0.1% 0.1% 0.2% 0.3%
Psychiatry 0.0% 0.1% 0.1% 0.1%
Pulmonary Disease -0.2% -0.4% -0.6% -0.7%
Radiation Oncology 1.9% 3.9% 5.8% 7.9%
Radiology 0.4% 0.8% 1.2% 1.7%