A Modest Proposal: What If All Specialty Procedures Were Coded with 4 CPT Codes?

By PAUL FISCHER, MD
In a recent�Wall Street Journal article, Barbara Levy, Chairwoman of the Relative Value Scale Update Committee (RUC), commented on the American Medical Association?s (AMA?s) decision to have minimal primary care participation on the RUC, saying the committee is an ?expert panel? and not meant to be representative.� [...]

Source: http://thehealthcareblog.com/blog/2011/04/26/a-modest-proposal-what-if-all-specialty-procedures-were-coded-with-4-cpt-codes/

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