New Medicare RVUs Would KO Psychiatrists

[摘要] Psychiatrists would fare considerably worse than anticipated if the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) sticks with its recently-announced intention to use a 'top-down' methodology in rearranging new practice expense relative value units (RVUs) for 1999. The new methodology would yield a 4% increase over the four years 1999 to 2003, compared with the 'bottom-up' methodology HCFA had previously chosen, where psychiatrists would have received a 19% increase.

[学科分类] 农业科学（综合）

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