Physician code creep: Evidence in Medicaid and state employee health insurance billing

Health Care Financing Review

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 83-93

  Seiber, Eric E ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE MIX; EMPLOYEE; EVALUATION; GOVERNMENT; MEDICAID; PHYSICIAN; REIMBURSEMENT; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEE-FOR-SERVICE PLANS; FEMALE; FORMS AND RECORDS CONTROL; HEALTH BENEFIT PLANS, EMPLOYEE; HUMANS; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; MALE; MEDICAID; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS; SOUTH CAROLINA; STATE GOVERNMENT; STATE HEALTH PLANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34547471635     PISSN: 01958631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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