DecisionHealth, DecisionHealth - 2010 Issue 9 (September)

Benchmark of the Week: State-level E/M utilization per enrollee, 2008

Summary: This chart looks at state-level utilization of the most common outpatient E/M services based on the latest CMS claims data, from 2008. To account for differences in state populations, the chart measures number of office visits billed per single enrollee. NOTE: The graph captures five high-utilization states and five low-utilization states, all with comparable Medicare patient populations. Population data is based on CMS beneficiary enrollment statistics. NOTE: The E/M services examined were 99201-99205 for new office visits and 99211-99215 for established visits.

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