RBRVS and physician payment reform: what it will mean for you. 1990


UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007388 Internal Medicine A medical specialty concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the internal organ systems of adults. General Internal Medicine,Medicine, Internal,Internal Medicine, General,Medicine, General Internal
D006278 Medicare Federal program, created by Public Law 89-97, Title XVIII-Health Insurance for the Aged, a 1965 amendment to the Social Security Act, that provides health insurance benefits to persons over the age of 65 and others eligible for Social Security benefits. It consists of two separate but coordinated programs: hospital insurance (MEDICARE PART A) and supplementary medical insurance (MEDICARE PART B). (Hospital Administration Terminology, AHA, 2d ed and A Discursive Dictionary of Health Care, US House of Representatives, 1976) Health Insurance for Aged and Disabled, Title 18,Insurance, Health, for Aged and Disabled,Health Insurance for Aged, Disabled, Title 18,Health Insurance for Aged, Title 18
D014481 United States A country in NORTH AMERICA between CANADA and MEXICO.
D015442 Medicare Assignment Concept referring to the standardized fees for services rendered by health care providers, e.g., laboratories and physicians, and reimbursement for those services under Medicare Part B. It includes acceptance by the physician. Physician Assignment Acceptance,Acceptance, Physician Assignment,Acceptances, Physician Assignment,Assignment, Medicare,Assignments, Medicare,Medicare Assignments,Physician Assignment Acceptances
D015895 Relative Value Scales Coded listings of physician or other professional services using units that indicate the relative value of the various services they perform. They take into account time, skill, and overhead cost required for each service, but generally do not consider the relative cost-effectiveness. Appropriate conversion factors can be used to translate the abstract units of the relative value scales into dollar fees for each service based on work expended, practice costs, and training costs. Relative-Value Schedules,Resource-Based Relative Value Scale,Resource Based Relative Value Scale,Relative Value Scale,Relative Value Schedules,Relative-Value Schedule,Scale, Relative Value,Scales, Relative Value,Schedule, Relative-Value,Schedules, Relative-Value

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