The fundamentals of the US medicare physician reimbursement process

Journal of the American College of Radiology

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 139-150

  Woody, Iara O ^a,b  

^a American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging   (United States)

^b AAHSA   (United States)

Author keywords

Conversion factor; Medicare; Medicare fee schedule; Sustainable growth rate; Update adjustment factor

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; MEDICARE; PHYSICIAN; REIMBURSEMENT;

EID: 84928096387     PISSN: 15461440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacr.2004.07.023     Document Type: Article

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