"A REGISTRATION FEE FOR PHYSICIANS"

Ontario physicians get liability fee break.

Leasing imaging facilities to referring physicians: fee shifting or fee splitting?

In the face of increasing costs and decreasing reimbursements, many physicians are working harder and making less money. Not all physicians are content working harder for less income. Physicians have chosen other avenues in order to enhance their income. Various ancillary services such as dexa scans and ultrasound studies are being done in physician offices rather than in hospitals. These metho...

Effects of selected fee schedule options on physicians' Medicare receipts

The Congress has indicated interest in modifying the system by which Medicare pays for physicians' services, and implementation of a Medicare fee schedule may be the most feasible change in the near term. In this article, the effects on physicians' Medicare receipts of a variety of fee schedules are simulated using 1984 Medicare claims data for a nationally representative sample of physician pr...

A Technique for Registration and Reorientation of Surveyed Dental Casts

Precise registering and transferring of the selected path of insertion and withdrawal of removable, partial dentures is a critical step in designing and fabricating their framework and determining the retention, stability, and support of the completed prosthesis. Many authors have addressed this issue in their studies. In this study we present a new technique for registering and reproducing par...

Paying Physicians for Their Practice Expenses under the Medicare Fee Schedule: Incentive and Equity Considerations