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Spatially correlated fluctuations govern relative chromatin motion

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Harju J   +7 more
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The Resource-Based Relative Value Scale

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1989
To the Editor.— Hsiao et al 1 concluded that redistribution of 1986 Medicare physician payments according to their Resource-Based Relative Value Scale would have led to 56% increased payments for evaluation and management services and 42% reduced payments for invasive services.
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A Relative Value Scale for Pricing of Pharmaceutical . Services

Journal of the American Pharmaceutical Association (1961), 1977
This article discusses the disadvantages of both the mark-up and professional fee systems and explores the potential application of a relative value scale (RVS) to the pricing of pharmaceutical services. The RVS concept, which has enjoyed extensive use medical practice, involves the assignment numerical designations (unit values or points) which expre ...
K W, Johnson, A I, Wertheimer
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Anchors, scales and the relative coding of value in the brain

Current Opinion in Neurobiology, 2008
People are alarmingly susceptible to manipulations that change both their expectations and experience of the value of goods. Recent studies in behavioral economics suggest such variability reflects more than mere caprice. People commonly judge options and prices in relative terms, rather than absolutely, and display strong sensitivity to exemplar and ...
Ben, Seymour, Samuel M, McClure
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Psychiatry and the resource-based relative value scale

American Journal of Psychiatry, 1988
Attention to reform of reimbursement for psychiatric inpatient services largely focuses on the use of prospective payment systems, e.g., payment based on diagnosis-related groups (DGRs), for hospitals. Recently, there also has been interest in proposals for altering physician reimbursement (inpatient and outpatient) by using physician DRGs, capitation ...
R A, Dorwart, L R, Chartock
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The Resource-Based Relative Value Scale

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1992
THE Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) introduced on January 1,1992, a fee schedule 1 for physician payment under Medicare based on the resource-based relative value scale (RBRVS) of Hsiao et al. 2 In 1988, the then—chief administrator of HCFA outlined in detail why RBRVS was inappropriate for reform of the Medicare payment system 3 (a ...
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The Resource-Based Relative Value Scale

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1988
To the Editor. —The Resource-Based Relative Value Scale is well described by Hsiao et al 1 in their article in the Aug 14,1987, issue of JAMA . The purpose of this letter is to alert readers ofTHE JOURNALto the shortcomings of the study by Hsiao et al.
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Resource-Based Relative Value Scale and Medicare

Archives of Ophthalmology, 1989
To the Editor. —In his timely and provocative article 1 in the December 1988 issue of theArchives, Frenkel discusses the likelihood of a continuing reduction in Medicare fees for ophthalmic surgery and the theoretical increase in fees for such cognitive services as comprehensive eye examinations.
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Results and Impacts of the Resource-Based Relative Value Scale

Medical Care, 1992
On January 1, 1992, the Health Care Financing Administration implemented the 1989 legislation reforming the Medicare payment system for physicians' services. The cornerstone of the new payment reform is the Medicare Fee Schedule (MFS), which is based on the Resource-Based Relative Value Scale (RBRVS).
W C, Hsiao   +7 more
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