Financial impact if payers use medicare rates: Anesthesiology versus other specialties

Anesthesiology

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 852-857

  Johnstone, Robert E ^a,c   Hosaflook, Carrie ^b  

^a Department of Anesthesiology ^*  (United States)

^b College of Business and Economics ^*

^c WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Billings; Collections; Contracts; Healthcare payers; Insurance; Medicare; Revenue

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIOLOGY; ARTICLE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL BILLING; MEDICAL FEE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICARE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033821853     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-200009000-00037     Document Type: Article

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