After adjusting for inflation, Medicare reimbursement rates in general surgery have steadily decreased from 2000 to 2018. It is important that these trends are understood and considered by surgeons, healthcare administrators, and policy-makers in order to develop and implement agreeable models of reimbursement while ensuring access to quality general surgery care in the United States.
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