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来源类型 | Report |
规范类型 | 报告 |
来源ID | RR-662-CMS |
Development of a Model for the Validation of Work Relative Value Units for the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule | |
Barbara O. Wynn; Lane F. Burgette; Andrew W. Mulcahy; Edward N. Okeke; Ian Brantley; Neema Iyer; Teague Ruder; Ateev Mehrotra | |
发表日期 | 2015-01-16 |
出版年 | 2015 |
页码 | 263 |
语种 | 英语 |
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摘要 | The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) uses the resource-based relative value scale to pay physicians and other practitioners for professional services. The work values measure the relative levels of professional time and intensity (physical effort, skills, and stress) associated with providing services. CMS asked RAND to develop a model to validate the work values using external data sources. RAND's goal was to test the feasibility of using external data and regression analysis to create prediction models to validate work values. Data availability limited the models to surgical procedures and selected medical procedures typically performed in an operating room. Key findings from the study include the following: RAND estimates of intra-service time using external data are typically shorter than the current CMS estimates. Model assumptions about how shorter intra-service times affect procedure intensity have implications for the work estimates. RAND estimates for work on average were similar to current work values if shorter intra-service time is assumed to increase procedure intensity and were on average up to 10 percent lower than current work values if shorter intra-service time is assumed to not impact on procedure intensity. The RAND estimates could be used for two key applications: CMS could flag codes as potentially misvalued if the RAND estimates are notably different from the current CMS values. CMS could also use the RAND estimates as an independent estimate of the work values. In some cases, further review will identify a clinical rationale for why a code is valued differently than the RAND model predictions. |
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主题 | Fee-for-Service for Health Care ; Health Care Costs ; Medicaid ; Medical Professionals ; Medicare ; Modeling and Simulation ; United States |
URL | https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR662.html |
来源智库 | RAND Corporation (United States) |
资源类型 | 智库出版物 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/522657 |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Barbara O. Wynn,Lane F. Burgette,Andrew W. Mulcahy,et al. Development of a Model for the Validation of Work Relative Value Units for the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule. 2015. |
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