Implementing a resource-based relative value scale fee schedule for physician services : an assessment of policy options for the California workers' compensation program

Implementing a resource-based relative value scale fee schedule for physician services : an assessment of policy options for the California workers' compensation program /

Show other versions (1)

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 11...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Online Access: Access full-text online via JSTOR
Other authors / contributors: Wynn, Barbara O. (Author), Liu, Hangsheng (Author), Mulcahy, Andrew (Author), Okeke, Edward N. (Author), Iyer, Neema (Author), Painter, Lawrence S. (Author)
Corporate Authors: Rand Center for Health and Safety in the Workplace, Rand Justice, Infrastructure, and Environment (Organization), Rand Corporation, California. Department of Industrial Relations
Imprint: Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 2013.
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Subjects:
Workers' compensation > Rates > California.
Physicians > Salaries, etc. > United States.
Medical fees > United States.
Medical care, Cost of > United States.
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

Similar Items