What is the RUC?

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1583-1584

  Donovan, William D ^a  

^a William W Backus Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CODING; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICARE; NOTE; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT;

HUMANS; MEDICARE; MEDICARE PAYMENT ADVISORY COMMISSION; NEURORADIOGRAPHY; RELATIVE VALUE SCALES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80054017471     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: 1936959X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A2767     Document Type: Note

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