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Third-party payment for non-therapeutic or unnecessary medical procedures encourages the performance of such services, simply so the attending physician can collect a fee.

Third-party payment for injurious medically-unnecessary, non-therapeutic child [[circumcision]] in the United States keeps the incidence of non-therapeutic circumcision of children higher than any other industrial nation. The only party to benefit from such third-party payments is the receiving physician, or hospital.

Third-party payment for injurious medically-unnecessary, non-therapeutic child [[circumcision]] in the United States keeps the incidence of non-therapeutic circumcision of children higher than any other industrial nation.<ref>{{REFweb

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|title=Circumcision Incidence in Mississippi

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|quote=Depending on the accuracy of the assumptions, these figures may indicate that cessation of Medicaid payments and other third-party payments is a highly effective way to reduce the incidence of harmful non-therapeutic circumcision and to improve male health and well-being.

(1) (PDF) Circumcision Incidence in Mississippi. Available from: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/350799429_Circumcision_Incidence_in_Mississippi [accessed Apr 14 2021].

}}</ref> The only party to benefit from such third-party payments is the receiving physician, or hospital.

The physicians that most commonly perform non-therapeutic infant circumcisions are obstetricians, pediatricians, and family doctors. They formed an agreement in 2007 to produce a new statement with the AAP as the lead. It was published in 2012 but was poorly received because of its evident omissions of facts. The AAP statement was not re-affirmed is accordance with AAP policy, so it expired on August 31, 2017.

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 Third-party payment for non-therapeutic or unnecessary medical procedures encourages the performance of such services, simply so the attending physician can collect a fee.
-Third-party payment for injurious medically-unnecessary, non-therapeutic child [[circumcision]] in the United States keeps the incidence of non-therapeutic circumcision of children higher than any other industrial nation. The only party to benefit from such third-party payments is the receiving physician, or hospital.
+Third-party payment for injurious medically-unnecessary, non-therapeutic child [[circumcision]] in the United States keeps the incidence of non-therapeutic circumcision of children higher than any other industrial nation.<ref>{{REFweb
+ |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/350799429_Circumcision_Incidence_in_Mississippi
+ |archived=
+ |title=Circumcision Incidence in Mississippi
+ |trans-title=
+ |language=
+ |last=Hill
+ |first=George
+ |author-link=
+ |publisher=Research Gate
+ |website=
+ |date=2021-04
+ |accessdate=2021-04-14
+ |format=PDF
+ |quote=Depending on the accuracy of the assumptions, these figures may indicate that cessation of Medicaid payments and  other third-party payments is a highly effective way to reduce the incidence of harmful non-therapeutic circumcision and to improve male health and well-being.
+(1) (PDF) Circumcision Incidence in Mississippi. Available from: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/350799429_Circumcision_Incidence_in_Mississippi [accessed Apr 14 2021].
+}}</ref> The only party to benefit from such third-party payments is the receiving physician, or hospital.
 The physicians that most commonly perform non-therapeutic infant circumcisions are obstetricians, pediatricians, and family doctors.  They formed an agreement in 2007 to produce a new statement with the AAP as the lead. It was published in 2012 but was poorly received because of its evident omissions of facts. The AAP statement was not re-affirmed is accordance with AAP policy, so it expired on August 31, 2017.