Reduced Reimbursement for Cardiovascular Services by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Perspective From Interventional Cardiology

JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 2, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 894-896

  George, Jon C ^a   Popma, Jeffrey J ^b  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ATHERECTOMY; BRACHYTHERAPY; CORONARY STENT; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALIZATION; INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURE; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL FEE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT;

CARDIOLOGY; CAREER CHOICE; CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES (U.S.); EDUCATION, MEDICAL; FEE-FOR-SERVICE PLANS; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH, REIMBURSEMENT; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70349202651     PISSN: 19368798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcin.2009.08.002     Document Type: Article

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