Background: There are concerns that alternate payment plans for physicians may be
associated with erosion of data quality, given that physicians are paid regardless of whether …

Background Several barriers to the adoption of electronic medical records (EMRs) by family
physicians have been discussed, including the costs of implementation, impact on work flow …

BACKGROUND. Little is known about the accuracy of family physicians' use of the Current
Procedural Terminology (CPT) coding scheme for office visits, despite increased …

212 health across many areas, including health status, health care utilization, access to
care, health care quality, and health care costs. Types of data commonly used for health …

In the 1990s, health maintenance organizations (HMOs) were criticized for physician
payment policies that pressured doctors to reduce needed medical care and “gag clauses” …

Abstract In April 2014, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services released a data file
containing information on Medicare payments made to physicians and other providers …

Background: In an effort to increase price transparency, the Centers for Medicare and
Medicaid Services (CMS) began reporting charges for Medicare inpatients treated in∼ 3400 …

Nurse practitioners (NPs) and physician assistants (PAs) represent a growing share of the
health care workforce, but much of the care they provide cannot be observed in claims data …

What did we do? As the amount of alternative funding for physician services grows in
Canada, the usefulness of fee-for-services (ffs) payment data as a source of …

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