Development of a Model for the Validation of Work Relative Value Units for the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule

• Autore principale: Wynn, Barbara O. (auth)
• Altri autori: Burgette, Lane F. (auth), Mulcahy, Andrew W. (auth), Okeke, Edward N. (auth), Brantley, Ian (auth)
• Natura: Elettronico Capitolo di libro
• Lingua: inglese
• Pubblicazione: RAND Corporation 2015
• Soggetti: Database design & theory; History of the Americas; Medicolegal issues; Medical insurance; Medical profession; Health Sciences; Technology; History
• Accesso online: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) uses the resource-based relative value scale to pay physicians and other practitioners for their professional services. The relative values for physician work measure the relative levels of professional time, effort, skill, and stress associated...