Medicare physician payment rules for 2011: A primer for the neurointerventionalist

Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 399-402

  Manchikanti, Laxmaiah ^a,b   Hirsch, Joshua A ^c  

^a PAIN MANAGEMENT CENTER OF PADUCAH   (United States)

^b University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; LAW; MEDICAL FEE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICARE; NEUROINTERVENTIONIST; NEUROLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE PRACTICE; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

FEE SCHEDULES; HUMANS; MEDICARE; NEUROSURGERY; PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT; PHYSICIANS; REIMBURSEMENT MECHANISMS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 81155134217     PISSN: 17598478     EISSN: 17598486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnis.2011.004937     Document Type: Review

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