Medicare's step back from global payments - Unbundling postoperative care

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 372, Issue 15, 2015, Pages 1385-1387

  Mulcahy, Andrew W ^a   Wynn, Barbara ^a   Burgette, Lane ^a   Mehrotra, Ateev ^a,b  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL FEE; MEDICARE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT; REIMBURSEMENT; REVIEW; CARE BUNDLE; ECONOMICS; GOVERNMENT; INCOME; PHYSICIAN; SURGERY; UNITED STATES;

CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES (U.S.); FEE-FOR-SERVICE PLANS; HUMANS; INCOME; MEDICARE; PATIENT CARE BUNDLES; PHYSICIANS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; REIMBURSEMENT MECHANISMS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84927130381     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp1415483     Document Type: Article

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