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1 online resource (225 pages) |
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"RAND Corporation." |
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"This research was conducted under the umbrella of the RAND Center for Health and Safety in the Workplace"--Preface. |
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Title from title screen (viewed August 5, 2013). |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Introduction - Data - Analytical approach - Descriptive results - Impact analysis - Alternative ground rules for the resource-based relative value fee scale - Other official medical fee schedule issues - Summary - Appendix A. Comparison of the official medical fee schedule and Medicare ground rules - Appendix B. Crosswalk : official medical fee schedule to 2013 current procedural terminology - Appendix C. Official medical fee schedule codes with no 2013 equivalent codes in the current procedural terminology - Appendix D. Analysis of alternative pricing policies for physician-administered drugs. |
| Summary |
A RAND study used 2011 medical data to examine the impact of implementing a resource-based relative value scale to pay for physician and other practitioner services under the California workers; compensation system. Current allowances under the workers; compensation fee schedule are approximately 116 percent of Medicare-allowed amounts and, by law, will transition to no more than 120 percent of Medicare payment amounts over four years. Using the policies that the California Division of Workers; Compensation proposes to adopt, aggregate allowances are estimated to decrease for four types of service by the end of the transition in 2017: anesthesia ( -19.5 percent), surgery ( -20.1 percent), radiology ( -15.9 percent), and pathology ( -29.0 percent). Aggregate allowances for evaluation and management visits are estimated to increase by 39.5 percent. Allowances for services classified as medicine in the Current Procedural Terminology codebook will increase by 17.3 percent. In the aggregate, across all services, allowances are projected to increase 11.9 percent. Because most specialties furnish different types of services, the impacts by specialty are generally less than the impacts by type of service. |
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Online resource. |
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Workers' compensation -- Rates -- California.
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Physicians -- Salaries, etc. -- United States.
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Medical fees -- United States.
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Medical care, Cost of -- United States.
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Salaires -- Médecins -- États-Unis.
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Médecins -- Honoraires -- États-Unis.
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Soins médicaux -- Coût -- États-Unis.
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LAW -- Labor & Employment.
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Medical care, Cost of
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Medical fees
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Physicians -- Salaries, etc.
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Workers' compensation -- Rates
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California https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJt8p3GDkhpJkC9y6FY3wC
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United States https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJtxgQXMWqmjMjjwXRHgrq
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Liu, Hangsheng, author.
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Mulcahy, Andrew, author.
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Okeke, Edward N., author.
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Iyer, Neema, author.
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Painter, Lawrence S., author.
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Rand Center for Health and Safety in the Workplace. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39QQPVp7TxbwGgFHrGYrVK4kt
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Rand Justice, Infrastructure, and Environment (Organization) https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39QH7JmqqJhjYrvgypdXH9thR
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Rand Corporation. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39QH7Jmqgr6rtXkJPthpf44Fg
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California. Department of Industrial Relations.
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| ISBN |
9780833083050 (electronic bk.) |
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0833083058 (electronic bk.) |
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9780833086716 |
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0833086715 |
| Report No. |
RAND/RR-395-DIR |
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GBVCP 1008660604 |
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GBVCP 1008662305 |
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AU@ 000060835410 |
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AU@ 000066377442 |
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AU@ 000060972219 |
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