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001 889883702
008 140903s1993 mau bs o000 0 eng d
035 $a(OCoLC)889883702
040 $aHEC$beng$cHEC$erda
043 $an-us---
049 $aHECA
050 4 $aR728.5$b.N38 1993
245 02 $aA national study of resource-based relative value scales for physician services :$bMFS refinement : final report to the Health Care Financing Administration /$cby William C. Hsiao [and 6 others].
246 30 $aMFS refinement.
246 3 $aMedicare fee schedule refinement.
260 $aCambridge, Mass. :$bHarvard School of Public Health,$c[1993]
300 $ax, 445, [302] pages ;$c28 cm.
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent.
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia.
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier.
590 $aCMS copy complete through much of Appendix E.
500 $a"July 30, 1993."
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references.
505 0 $aExecutive summary -- Overview and general methods -- Task 1. Validation of specialty-specific examples for evaluation and management services provided by limited license and non-physician practitioners -- Task 2. Validation of reference procedures and elaboration and validation of the inputs to the relative work values for the procedures in the HCFA reference set -- Task 3. Develop relative work values for the procedures identified in the Medicare fee schedule as being paid "by report" -- Task 4. Investigate the work and time required to perform multiple surgery -- Summary, results, and discussion -- List of figures -- List of tables -- Appendices. Appendix A. RBRVS bibliography and recent articles ; Appendix B. Specialty reference service lists ; Appendix C. Task 2 ; Appendix D. Task 3 ; Appendix E. Task 4. ; Appendix F. Surveys ; Appendix G. Data and documentation (not included with this document).
513 $aFinal report.
530 $aAvailable at cost as a print-on-demand technical report;$bNational Technical Information Service;$dPB94-115094.
536 $aSupported by Health Care Financing Administration$b500-92-0025.
650 0 $aMedical fees$zUnited States.
650 0 $aMedicine$xSpecialties and specialists$xEconomic aspects$zUnited States.
650 0 $aMedicare$xCosts.
700 1 $aHsiao, William C.
710 1 $aUnited States.$bHealth Care Financing Administration.
710 2 $aHarvard School of Public Health.
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