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National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine; Health and Medicine Division; Board on Health Care Services; Committee on Improving Primary Care Valuation Decisions for the Physician Fee Schedule by the Center for Medicare; Meisnere M, Ganguli I, Bitton A, editors. Improving Primary Care Valuation Processes to Inform the Physician Fee Schedule. Washington (DC): National Academies Press (US); 2025 Jun 11.

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