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Hiển thị các bài đăng có nhãn reimbursement. Hiển thị tất cả bài đăng
Thứ Hai, 8 tháng 7, 2013

Another Attempt to Show the RUC Behind the Curtain

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In 2007, readers of the Annals of Internal Medicine could read part of the solution to a great medical mystery.(1)  For years, health care c...
Chủ Nhật, 26 tháng 2, 2012

Three Facets of One Hospital: Coddling the Rich, Hounding the Poor, and Crooked Executives

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Juxtaposing three news stories from the past few months raises disturbing questions about the priorities of the leaders of one of the US...
Thứ Hai, 7 tháng 3, 2011

Getting Out of Our RUC - "An Open Letter To Primary Care Physicians"

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Since 2007, we have been writing about the secretive RUC (RBRVS Update Committee), the private AMA committee that somehow has managed to ge...
Thứ Sáu, 7 tháng 8, 2009

SGIM Urges "Chuck the RUC"

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This week, Society of General Internal Medicine (SGIM) members received the 5 August, 2009, Update in Health Policy that urged we "chuc...
Thứ Năm, 25 tháng 6, 2009

The RUCkus Continues: Former Medicare Administrator Calls the "RUC Process" "Incredibly Flawed," and the AMA Chair Says He's "Inaccurate"

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We have posted frequently about the role of the RBRVS Update Committee (RUC) in fixing the rates at which Medicare pays physicians. These pa...
Thứ Tư, 10 tháng 6, 2009

A Letter from the RUC, and My Reply

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The vast amounts spent in the US on health care have not translated into access for many patients, consistently excellent quality of care, a...
Chủ Nhật, 13 tháng 2, 2005

"A Vested Economic Interest" in the Outcome of the Battle Over Angioplasty

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Re: my discussion earlier of price versus value, see this article in the Boston Globe about how community hospitals are battling for authori...