CMS: 'We are trying to reduce physicians' burden'

Las Vegas--The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services istaking steps to lessen the burden that its policies create for physicians,according to two West Coast representatives of the agency. Physicians alsohave more influence on shaping health care policy, including the value ofservices, than they realize, said the officials, both physicians themselves.

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