Trends in Medicare Payment Rates for Noninvasive Cardiac Tests and Association With Testing Location | Zendy

Frederick A. Masoudi | Zendy; Timea Viragh | Zendy; David J. Magid | Zendy; Ali Moghtaderi | Zendy; Samantha Schilsky | Zendy; William M. Sage | Zendy; Glenn K. Goodrich | Zendy; Katherine M. Newton | Zendy; David Horton Smith | Zendy; Bernard S. Black | Zendy

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Trends in Medicare Payment Rates for Noninvasive Cardiac Tests and Association With Testing Location

Author(s) -

Frederick A. Masoudi,

Timea Viragh,

David J. Magid,

Ali Moghtaderi,

Samantha Schilsky,

William M. Sage,

Glenn K. Goodrich,

Katherine M. Newton,

David Horton Smith,

Bernard S. Black

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

jama internal medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 5.14

H-Index - 342

eISSN - 2168-6114

pISSN - 2168-6106

DOI - 10.1001/jamainternmed.2019.4269

Subject(s) - medicine , medicaid , payment , observational study , emergency medicine , ambulatory , medical emergency , family medicine , health care , finance , economics , economic growth

To control spending, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services reduced Medicare fee-for-service (FFS) payments for noninvasive cardiac tests (NCTs) performed in provider-based office settings (ambulatory offices not administratively affiliated with hospitals) starting in 2005. Contemporaneously, payments for hospital-based outpatient testing increased. The association between differential payments by site and test location is unknown.

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