Physician Payments

Physician Payments
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Health
Publisher:
Total Pages: 96
Release: 2002
Genre: Medical
ISBN:

Medical Technology Assessment Directory

Medical Technology Assessment Directory
Author: Institute of Medicine
Publisher: National Academies Press
Total Pages: 709
Release: 1988-02-01
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0309038294

For the first time, a single reference identifies medical technology assessment programs. A valuable guide to the field, this directory contains more than 60 profiles of programs that conduct and report on medical technology assessments. Each profile includes a listing of report citations for that program, and all the reports are indexed under major subject headings. Also included is a cross-listing of technology assessment report citations arranged by type of technology headings, brief descriptions of approximately 70 information sources of potential interest to technology assessors, and addresses and descriptions of 70 organizations with memberships, activities, publications, and other functions relevant to the medical technology assessment community.

Medicare Physician Payments

Medicare Physician Payments
Author: James C. Cosgrove
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Total Pages: 35
Release: 2010-02
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 1437921485

Medicare¿s physician fees may not always reflect efficiencies that occur when a physician performs multiple services for the same patient on the same day, and some resources required for these services do not need to be duplicated. This report examined: (1) the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services¿ (CMS) efforts to set appropriate fees for services furnished together; and (2) additional opportunities for CMS to avoid excessive payments when services are furnished together. The report examined relevant policies, laws, and regulations; interviewed CMS officials and others; and analyzed claims data to identify opportunities for further savings. Includes recommendations. Charts and tables.

What Is...the Physician Payments Sunshine ACT Or "Open Payments"?

What Is...the Physician Payments Sunshine ACT Or
Author: Abraham Gitterman
Publisher:
Total Pages: 124
Release: 2016-04-07
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9781634252911

The Sunshine Act requires applicable manufacturers of drugs, biologics, devices, or medical supplies covered under Medicare, Medicaid, or the Children's Health Insurance Plan (CHIP) to report annually to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) in an electronic format, payments or transfers of value made to "covered recipients"--physicians and teaching hospitals.