Biomaterial Database

Building a consensus for physician payment reform in Medicare. The Physician Payment Review Commission. 1988

P R Lee, and P B Ginsburg

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007357	Insurance, Physician Services	Insurance providing benefits for the costs of care by a physician which can be comprehensive or limited to surgical expenses or for care provided only in the hospital. It is frequently called "regular medical expense" or "surgical expense".	Physician Services, Insurance,Services Insurance, Physician,Insurance Physician Service,Insurance Physician Services,Insurances, Physician Services,Physician Service, Insurance,Physician Services Insurance,Physician Services Insurances,Service, Insurance Physician,Services Insurances, Physician,Services, Insurance Physician
D012051	Reimbursement Mechanisms	Processes or methods of reimbursement for services rendered or equipment.	Mechanism, Reimbursement,Mechanisms, Reimbursement,Reimbursement Mechanism
D005245	Fee Schedules	A listing of established professional service charges, for specified dental and medical procedures.	Fee Schedule,Schedule, Fee,Schedules, Fee
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.
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
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