Medicare's physician value-based payment modifier - Will the tectonic shift create waves?

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 369, Issue 22, 2013, Pages 2076-2078

  Chien, Alyna T ^a   Rosenthal, Meredith B ^b  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL PURCHASING; HUMAN; MEDICAID; MEDICAL FEE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICARE; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN VALUE BASED PAYMENT MODIFIER; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REWARD; SHORT SURVEY; ECONOMICS; FEE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHYSICIAN; REIMBURSEMENT; STANDARDS; UNITED STATES;

CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES (U.S.); FEE SCHEDULES; MEDICARE; PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT; PHYSICIANS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RATE SETTING AND REVIEW; REIMBURSEMENT MECHANISMS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84888378972     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp1311957     Document Type: Article

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