AMA CPT® Assistant - 2005 Issue 3 (March)
Special Report..Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Spending in 1998 and 2003 (March 2005)
March 2005 pages 11-15 Coding Communication:Special Report..Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Spending in 1998 and 2003 The composition of spending for Medicare physician services has changed in recent years due to changes in medical technology, Medicare payment policy, and other factors. A key Medicare policy change was the phase-in of resource-based payment for physicians' practice expenses from 1999 to 2002. This article provides a brief summary of changes in spending for physician services billed to the Medicare program immediately before and after that policy change..from 1998 to 2003. The claims data presented within this article were obtained from...
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