It's kind of Medicare goes old school. This is really an effort to find better ways to support the patient when they are away from the physician through telephone inquiries, visiting nurses and various support systems. |
Next year, people on Medicare will be getting much more in benefits than they had previously received. |
People on Medicare are going to be getting much more in benefits than they would have otherwise received. |
There are a variety of factors going on in the marketplace, so I don't think you can say the Medicare change in pricing is in itself creating a single reason why individuals say they are not getting their treatment. |
We investigated this one in Oregon for several months. We have investigated several others, and have some ongoing investigations right now. So we have been active in terms of looking at those. |
We're still trying to understand how much value we're getting for that. |