Is physician work in procedure and test codes more highly valued than that in evaluation and management codes?

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 262, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 267-272

  Kerber, Kevin A ^a   Raphaelson, Marc ^b   Barkley, Gregory L ^c   Burke, James F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b Private Practice   (United States)

^c HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

health care policy; Medicare; Physician Fee Schedule; physician payment; relative value units

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURRENT PROCEDURAL TERMINOLOGY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTHCARE COMMON PROCEDURE CODING SYSTEM; HUMAN; MEDICAL FEE; MEDICAL SERVICE; MEDICARE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT; ECONOMICS; FEE; MEDICAID; OPERATION DURATION; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; REIMBURSEMENT; SURGERY; UNITED STATES;

CURRENT PROCEDURAL TERMINOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC SERVICES; FEE SCHEDULES; HUMANS; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; OPERATIVE TIME; REIMBURSEMENT MECHANISMS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84938288918     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000000990     Document Type: Article

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