Fee-for-Service Plans - Economics
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

2007 survey of radiologists: source of income and impact of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005.

30 May 2009 A 2007 survey obtained information that facilitates estimates of the impact of the newly in effect Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (DRA) and upcoming antimarkup legislation. The survey was a stratified random sample survey of ACR radiologist members ... Read more...

Reimbursement trends for outpatient interventional radiology procedures: comparison of hospital and freestanding physician office sites of service.

30 May 2009 PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to compare trends in reimbursement rates between hospital outpatient departments and freestanding physician offices for commonly performed interventional radiology procedures from 2006 through 2010. METHODS: Using ... Read more...

[Evaluation of PET-CT : product safety, clinical usefulness, reimbursement in Germany and the USA]

30 May 2009 Since 1994, PET - and later PET-CT - have gained significant clinical importance. Since 2002, PET-CT systems (PET + multislice CT) are available. The combination of high sensitivity PET images fused with high resolution CT images has gained ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Fee-for-Service Plans - Economics'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Building a bridge from fragmentation to accountability--the Prometheus Payment model. 17 Aug 2009
• The shifting mission of health care delivery organizations. 4 Aug 2009
• Accuracy of clinical coding in ENT day surgery. 30 Jul 2009
• [Conversation with Federal Health Administrator Ulla Schmidt. Physician payment will increase by about 4 billion (interview by Wolfgang van den Bergh and Bulent Erdogan)] 21 Jul 2009
• I only heard one shoe drop. 30 May 2009
• 2007 survey of radiologists: source of income and impact of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005. 30 May 2009
• Reimbursement trends for outpatient interventional radiology procedures: comparison of hospital and freestanding physician office sites of service. 30 May 2009
• [Evaluation of PET-CT : product safety, clinical usefulness, reimbursement in Germany and the USA] 30 May 2009
• Medicare and HMOs--the search for accountability. 12 May 2009
• Qualitative insights into how pediatric pay-for-performance programs are being designed. 29 Apr 2009
• Re: "Payment for x-ray interpretation in the ED: solving the dilemma". 29 Apr 2009
• Payment for x-ray interpretation in the ED: solving the dilemma. 29 Apr 2009
• Rehospitalizations among patients in the Medicare fee-for-service program. 31 Mar 2009
• Revisiting readmissions--changing the incentives for shared accountability. 31 Mar 2009
• Medicare part C: a basic primer and some practical advice about Medicare private fee-for-service plans. 27 Feb 2009
• Traditional fee-for-service Medicare payment systems and fragmented patient care: the backdrop for non-operating room procedures and anesthesia services. 27 Feb 2009
• Two birds, one stone: cover the uninsured by fixing Medicare. 27 Feb 2009
• Changes in the Medicare home health care market: the impact of reimbursement policy. 27 Feb 2009
• Healthcare costs associated with depression in medically Ill fee-for-service medicare participants. 14 Jan 2009
• [Reflection of increasing economizing] 30 Dec 2008

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Technical information about 'Fee-for-Service Plans'

Definition: Method of charging whereby a physician or other practitioner bills for each encounter or service rendered. In addition to physicians, other health care professionals are reimbursed via this mechanism. Fee-for-service plans contrast with salary, per capita, and prepayment systems, where the payment does not change with the number of services actually used or if none are used. (From Discursive Dictionary of Health Care, 1976)

Descriptor UI: D018588

Alternative terms: Fee-for-Service Plans; Fee for Service Plans; Fee-for-Service Plan; Plan, Fee-for-Service; Plans, Fee-for-Service; Fees for Service; Fees for Services; Service, Fees for; Services, Fees for; Fee for Service; Fee for Services; Service, Fee for; Services, Fee for; Reimbursement, Fee-for-Service; Fee-for-Service Reimbursement; Fee-for-Service Reimbursements; Reimbursement, Fee for Service; Reimbursements, Fee-for-Service; Fee-for-Service, Medical; Fee for Service, Medical; Fee-for-Services, Medical; Medical Fee-for-Service; Medical Fee-for-Services;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; history; legislation & jurisprudence; organization & administration; standards; trends; utilization; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: N03.219.442.195; N03.219.521.710.305.090; N04.452.758.745.225;

Online Note: use FEES, MEDICAL to search FEE FOR SERVICE, MEDICAL 1982-94

History Note: 95; FEE FOR SERVICE, MEDICAL was see FEES, MEDICAL 1982-94