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Bill Seeks Outside Review of Relative Values in Medicare Services
Charles Fiegl, amednews staff.
First posted 4/11/11 on American Medical News
The AMA, AOA and others defend the RUC process, but some primary care societies support bringing in contractors for a second opinion.
By ME-P Staff Reporters
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CON: http://www.nhpf.org/library/handouts/Levy.slides_03-05-10.pdf
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Filed under: Career Development, Health Economics, Point-Counter Point, Practice Management | Tagged: Barbara Levy, RBRVS, relative value units, Relative Values in Medicare Services, RUC, Thomas Bodenheimer |
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The ME-P Weighs-In on the RUC Disparity Problem
Tom McGinty and Anna Wilde Mathews authored a damning expose in the Wall Street Journal on the RUC last October that precipitated efforts against CMS’ 20 year reliance on the AMA’s RVS Update Committee (RUC) for valuation of medical services.
It is well worth a look and brings together what we have been saying in our more formal print publications:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704657304575540440173772102.html
Dr. David Edward Marcinko MBA CMP™
[Editor-in-Chief]
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The RUC is a Symptom …. RBRVS is the Disease
An essay by Robert Centor MD.
http://thehealthcareblog.com/blog/2013/02/12/the-ruc-is-a-symptom-rbrvs-is-the-disease/
Hope R. Hetico RN MHA
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