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Delays in Medicare payments hurt doctors

Medicare patients in need of a cardiothoracic surgeon this week should avoid the Oxnard office of Dr. Richard Declusin.

Starting today, Declusin is staging a boycott against Medicare.

Declusin doesn't want to turn away patients, but says he has no choice if he wants to stay in business.

He has been waiting more than two months to receive reimbursement payments for Medicare claims, and he's not alone.

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