Biomaterial Database

Medicare report on physician payment reform. 1990

A Faryna

Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company, Columbus, Ohio.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D005245	Fee Schedules	A listing of established professional service charges, for specified dental and medical procedures.	Fee Schedule,Schedule, Fee,Schedules, Fee
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D014481	United States	A country in NORTH AMERICA between CANADA and MEXICO.
D015284	Physician Payment Review Commission	A commission created by the Consolidated Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 1985, enacted in 1986, and given the mandate to advise Congress on Medicare-physician payment. The commission members are appointed by the U.S. Office of Technology Assessment.	Physician Payment Review Commission (U.S.),Physician Payment Review Commissions,United States Physician Payment Review Commission
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
D016345	Medicare Part B	The voluntary portion of Medicare, known as the Supplementary Medical Insurance (SMI) Program, that includes physician's services, home health care, medical services, outpatient hospital services, and laboratory, pathology, and radiology services. All persons entitled to Medicare Part A may enroll in Medicare Part B on a monthly premium basis.	Medicare Supplementary Medical Insurance Program,Supplementary Medical Insurance Program, Medicare,SMI Program,Part B, Medicare,Program, SMI,Programs, SMI,SMI Programs