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Spying on doctors: Health care surveys go into stealth mode

MASSDEVICE ON CALL — The Obama administration plans to send undercover agents to spy on doctors officers to survey the state of American health care access.

Concerned about the the shortage of primary care physicians, the administration is recruiting a team of "mystery shoppers" to call doctors offices and request appointments.

The survey will also try to discover whether there is a tendency for doctors to reject patients on government health insurance programs in favor of those with private insurance.

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Federal health officials have promised that all information gathered will be kept confidential.

GAO report finds heart devices top recall list

The Government Accountability Office's recent report on recall practices of the Food & Drug Administration found that heart devices are the most common source of recalls.

Within the report, which chided the FDA for failing to use recall data to proactively measure risks, the watchdog agency reported that 15 percent of all recalls, and 31 percent of class 1 recalls, applied to cardiovascular devices, Heartwire reported.

270 health groups call for IPAB repeal

About 270 stakeholder groups representing doctors, employers, drug and medical device manufacturers signed a letter to Congress urging them to repeal the Independent Payment Advisory Board, a panel of presidentially-appointed experts that will oversee Medicare payments, Healthwatch reported.

The IPAB technically only makes recommendations on Medicare, but those recommendations automatically go into effect unless Congress votes to block them.

"We believe that the IPAB sets a dangerous precedent for overriding the normal legislative process," the challengers wrote. "Congress is a representative body that has a duty to legislate on issues of public policy. Abdicating this responsibility to an unelected and unaccountable board removes our elected officials from the decision-making process for a program that millions of our nation’s seniors and disabled individuals rely upon."

IPAB is getting a bum rap, says Sebelius

Health & Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius challenged critics of the IPAB in a column on Politico.com , defending the board against critics who call it a rationing board and allege that it will limit Medicare payments and care for seniors.

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