The Deficit Reduction Act of 2005: Policy, Politics, and Impact on Radiologists

Journal of the American College of Radiology

Volumn 3, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 744-750

  Moser, James W ^a  

^a AMERICAN COLLEGE OF RADIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

contiguous body areas; Deficit Reduction Act of 2005; Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System; Medicare fee schedule; multiple procedure payment reduction; Senate Bill 1932; sustainable growth rate; technical component payment caps for physician office imaging

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BILLING AND CLAIMS; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOGRAPHY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; LAW; MEDICAL SERVICE; MEDICARE; PHYSICIAN; POLITICS; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT; RADIOLOGIST; REIMBURSEMENT;

EID: 84928096043     PISSN: 15461440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacr.2006.05.009     Document Type: Article

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