Medicare's Value-Based Payment Initiatives: Impact on and Implications for Improving Physician Documentation and Coding

American Journal of Medical Quality

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 250-258

  Rosenstein, Alan H ^a   O'Daniel, Michelle ^a   White, Susan ^b   Taylor, Ken ^a  

^a VHA West Coast   (United States)

^b Cleverly and Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Hospital payment; MS DRGs; Physician coding; POA safety quality indicators

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; DOCUMENTATION; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MEDICARE; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; REIMBURSEMENT; UNITED STATES;

DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; DOCUMENTATION; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MEDICARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REIMBURSEMENT MECHANISMS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 65949113830     PISSN: 10628606     EISSN: 1555824X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1062860609332511     Document Type: Article

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