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Tag Archives: RBRVS
Will Anyone Listen When Former CMS Chiefs Call For More Objective Physician Payment?
Brian Klepper Posted 7/7/12 on Medscape Connect’s Care & Cost On May 10th, the US Senate Finance Committee, co-chaired by Senators Max Baucus (D-Mont) and Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), convened a remarkable panel of four former Administrators of the Health Care Finance Administration … Continue reading
Posted in Brian Klepper, Conflicts of Interest, Health Care Cost, Politics, Quality
Tagged Bruce Vladeck, CMS, Gail Wilensky, Mark McClellan, RBRVS, RUC, SGR, Tom Scully
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The Need for a Level Playing Field for Physician Pay
Paul M. Fischer Everyone in medicine knows that some physicians are overpaid for the services they provide and some are underpaid. The list of specialties in each category is no secret, though we don’t talk about it much. It’s part … Continue reading
A Legal Challenge to CMS’ Reliance on the RUC
Brian Klepper and David C. Kibbe First posted 8/09/11 on The Health Affairs Blog Copyright ©2011 Health Affairs by Project HOPE – The People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc. This week in a Maryland federal court, six physicians based at the Center for Primary … Continue reading
A Legal Challenge to American Health Care’s Payment System
Late yesterday afternoon, six primary care physician from Augusta, GA filed suit in a Maryland federal court against HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and CMS Administrator Don Berwick. Here is the press release associated with the filing. Contact: Melody Collins … Continue reading
Rethinking the Value of Medical Services
Brian Klepper and David C. Kibbe First posted 8/1/11 on The Health Affairs Blog Copyright ©2011 Health Affairs by Project HOPE – The People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc. One of American politics’ most disingenuous conceits is that health care must cost what … Continue reading
Posted in Analytics, Brian Klepper, Market Dynamics, Medical Management, Physicians, Policy/Law/Regulation, Reform
Tagged AMA, American Medical Association, Brian Klepper, David C. Kibbe, Primary Care, RBRVS, Relative Value Scale Update Committee, Resource Based Relative Value Scale, RUC
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The AAFP’s Bold Valuation Initiative
Brian Klepper This morning, the American Academy of Family Physicians, the largest and “purest” of the major primary care societies – the American College of Physicians (ACP), the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) are … Continue reading
Posted in Analytics, Brian Klepper, General, Innovation, Medical Management, Physicians, Policy/Law/Regulation, Quality, Reform, Tools
Tagged AAFP, AMA RUC, Brian Klepper, RBRVS, Valuation Task Force
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A Football Team Without a Front Line. That’s Medicine When (If) Primary Care Declares Independence
Wendy Lynch First published 4/25/11 on the HCMS Group Blog Behind closed doors trouble is brewing, and maybe it’s about time. The situation has all the elements of a daytime drama: an exclusive cartel dictating price; a powerful committee with … Continue reading
The RUC’s Defense
Brian Klepper On Wednesday, 47 American medical specialty societies sent Rep. Jim McDermott (D-WA) a letter, with copies to all members of Congress, containing a detailed defense of the American Medical Association’s (AMA’s) Relative Value Scale Update Committee (RUC). For … Continue reading
Point-Counterpoint: A Hospitalist and An Internist Argue Relative Value
Brian’s Note: Readers may know that, on this site and on Replace The RUC, I re-published the article below by the Happy Hospitalist, a physician intimate with coding and its craziness. His explanations of the system’s inconsistencies are lucid and … Continue reading
An Open Letter To Primary Care Physicians
Paul M. Fischer and Brian Klepper If you agree with this letter, please redistribute, particularly to other primary care physicians. Friends: As many of you know, we have developed an effort to shine a bright light on the Relative Value … Continue reading
Fixing America’s Health Care Reimbursement System
Brian Klepper First published 3/3/11 on Kaiser Health News A tempest is brewing in physician circles over how doctors are paid. But calming it will require more than just the action of physicians. It will demand the attention and influence … Continue reading
Time To Quit RUC-ing Up The Health Care System
Carol Gentry First published 02/28/11 on Health News Florida If we value our family doctors, why do we pay them so much less than specialists? The Medicare payment system has been very good to physicians who use tools (scans, scalpels, … Continue reading
Replace the RUC!
BRIAN KLEPPER A few weeks ago, my writing partner David C. Kibbe and I ran an article on Kaiser Health News called “Quit the RUC!“ that has caused some turmoil within the physician community, particularly in DC. First, it noted that … Continue reading
Posted in Innovation, Market Dynamics, Medical Management, Physicians, Policy/Law/Regulation, Quality, Reform
Tagged AAFP, AAP, AOA, Brian Klepper, Paul Fischer, RBRVS, RUC
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