Medicare payments for noninvasive diagnostic imaging are now higher to nonradiologist physicians than to radiologists

Journal of the American College of Radiology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 26-32

  Levin, David C ^a,b   Rao, Vijay M ^a   Parker, Laurence ^a   Frangos, Andrea J ^a   Sunshine, Jonathan H ^c  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HealthHelp Inc   (United States)

^c AMERICAN COLLEGE OF RADIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

diagnostic imaging; diagnostic imaging reimbursement; Medical economics; Medicare physician services; radiology and radiologists; socioeconomic issues

Indexed keywords

RADIOISOTOPE;

ARTICLE; CARDIOLOGIST; CLINICAL SUPERVISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HUMAN; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; MEDICAL FEE; MEDICARE; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; OUTPATIENT CARE; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RADIOISOTOPE THERAPY; RADIOLOGIST; REIMBURSEMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 84928096040     PISSN: 15461440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacr.2010.06.027     Document Type: Article

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