{"title":"How Medical Services Get Valued.","authors":"Katharine L Krol","doi":"10.1055/s-0043-1775841","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The mechanisms for Medicare payment to physicians are complicated and, in fee for service Medicare, the value of a procedure code explicitly determines the payment to the physician and the out-of-pocket cost to the beneficiary. These codes are created and then valued for payment through a complex but reproducible and transparent process that allows for physician and specialty society input. This article describes the process and its implications for interventional radiology.</p>","PeriodicalId":48689,"journal":{"name":"Seminars in Interventional Radiology","volume":"40 5","pages":"437-440"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0000,"publicationDate":"2023-11-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10622235/pdf/","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Seminars in Interventional Radiology","FirstCategoryId":"3","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0043-1775841","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"2023/10/1 0:00:00","PubModel":"eCollection","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"RADIOLOGY, NUCLEAR MEDICINE & MEDICAL IMAGING","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
The mechanisms for Medicare payment to physicians are complicated and, in fee for service Medicare, the value of a procedure code explicitly determines the payment to the physician and the out-of-pocket cost to the beneficiary. These codes are created and then valued for payment through a complex but reproducible and transparent process that allows for physician and specialty society input. This article describes the process and its implications for interventional radiology.
期刊介绍:
Seminars in Interventional Radiology is a review journal that publishes topic-specific issues in the field of radiology and related sub-specialties.
The journal provides comprehensive coverage of areas such as cardio-vascular imaging, oncologic interventional radiology, abdominal interventional radiology, ultrasound, MRI imaging, sonography, pediatric radiology, musculoskeletal radiology, metallic stents, renal intervention, angiography, neurointerventions, and CT fluoroscopy along with other areas.
The journal''s content is suitable for both the practicing radiologist as well as residents in training.