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U.S. Omits Doctor Information From Implant Data

Date: July 10, 2006
Author: BARRY MEIER
QUOTE: the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has decided to
withhold information identifying the doctors involved in those
procedures...The agency's decision not to publish data on doctors could reignite a
long-running debate over patient access to data that shows how
complication rates for widely used procedures like heart device
implants differ among doctors and hospitals.

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