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54 relations: American Academy of Dermatology, American Academy of Family Physicians, American Academy of Neurology, American Academy of Ophthalmology, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, American Academy of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, American Academy of Pediatrics, American Association of Neurological Surgeons, American College of Cardiology, American College of Emergency Physicians, American College of Physicians, American College of Radiology, American College of Surgeons, American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, American Geriatrics Society, American Medical Association, American Osteopathic Association, American Pediatric Surgical Association, American Psychiatric Association, American Society of Anesthesiologists, American Society of Clinical Oncology, American Society of Plastic Surgeons, American Urological Association, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, College of American Pathologists, Current Procedural Terminology, Dermatology, Health care prices in the United States, Health insurance, Health insurance in the United States, Independent Payment Advisory Board, JAMA (journal), JAMA Internal Medicine, Kaiser Family Foundation, Marketplace (radio program), Medicare (United States), Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Physician, Primary care physician, Relative value unit, Resource-based relative value scale, Slate (magazine), Society of Thoracic Surgeons, Specialty (medicine), Specialty Society Relative Value Scale Update Committee, Steven A. Schroeder, The McClatchy Company, The New England Journal of Medicine, The New York Times, ..., The Wall Street Journal, Usual, customary and reasonable, Uwe Reinhardt, William Hsiao. Expand index (4 more) »
American Academy of Dermatology
The American Academy of Dermatology (AAD) is one of the largest organizations of dermatologists in the world.
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American Academy of Family Physicians
The American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) was founded in 1947 to promote the science and art of family medicine.
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American Academy of Neurology
The American Academy of Neurology (AAN) is a professional society representing over 34,000 neurologists and neuroscientists.
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American Academy of Ophthalmology
The American Academy of Ophthalmology (Academy) is a professional medical association of ophthalmologists.
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American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) is an orthopedic organization.
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American Academy of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery
The American Academy of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery (AAO-HNS) is one of the largest of the world's many professional associations for medical specialists, with nearly 12,000 specialists in the area of otolaryngology (otorhinolaryngology) - caring for the ears, nose, and throat and surgery of the head and neck.
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American Academy of Pediatrics
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) is an American professional association of pediatricians, headquartered in Itasca, Illinois.
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American Association of Neurological Surgeons
The American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) is a scientific and educational association focused on advancing the specialty of neurological surgery.
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American College of Cardiology
The American College of Cardiology (ACC), based in Washington, D.C., is a nonprofit medical association established in 1949.
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American College of Emergency Physicians
The American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) is a professional organization of emergency medicine physicians in the United States.
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American College of Physicians
The American College of Physicians (ACP) is a national organization of internal medicineAmerican Board of Medical Specialties -. Retrieved 20 October 2014 physicians (internists)Mercy Cedar Rapids -. Retrieved 20 October 2014—specialists who apply scientific knowledge and clinical expertise to the diagnosis, treatment, and compassionate care of adults across the spectrum from health to complex illness.
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American College of Radiology
The (ACR), founded in 1923, is a professional medical society representing more than 38,000 diagnostic radiologists, radiation oncologists, interventional radiologists, nuclear medicine physicians and medical physicists.
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American College of Surgeons
The American College of Surgeons is an educational association of surgeons founded in 1912.
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American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists is a professional association of physicians specializing in obstetrics and gynecology in the United States.
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American Geriatrics Society
The American Geriatrics Society (AGS) is a non-profit professional society founded on June 11, 1942 for health care professionals practicing geriatric medicine.
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American Medical Association
The American Medical Association (AMA), founded in 1847 and incorporated in 1897, is the largest association of physicians—both MDs and DOs—and medical students in the United States.
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American Osteopathic Association
The American Osteopathic Association (AOA) is the representative member organization for the more than 129,000 osteopathic medical doctors (D.O.s) and osteopathic medical students in the United States.
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American Pediatric Surgical Association
The American Pediatric Surgical Association is an American professional organization dedicated to pediatric surgery.
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American Psychiatric Association
The American Psychiatric Association (APA) is the main professional organization of psychiatrists and trainee psychiatrists in the United States, and the largest psychiatric organization in the world.
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American Society of Anesthesiologists
The American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) is an educational, research and scientific association of physicians organized to raise the standards of the medical practice of anesthesiology and to improve patient care.
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American Society of Clinical Oncology
The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) is a professional organization representing physicians of all oncology sub-specialties who care for people with cancer.
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American Society of Plastic Surgeons
The American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) is the largest plastic surgery specialty organization in the world.
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American Urological Association
The American Urological Association (AUA) is a professional association in the United States for urology professionals.
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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), previously known as the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA), is a federal agency within the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that administers the Medicare program and works in partnership with state governments to administer Medicaid, the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), and health insurance portability standards.
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College of American Pathologists
The College of American Pathologists (CAP) is a member-based physician organization founded in 1946 comprising approximately 18,000 board-certified pathologists.
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Current Procedural Terminology
The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) code set is a medical code set maintained by the American Medical Association through the CPT Editorial Panel.
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Dermatology
Dermatology (from ancient Greek δέρμα, derma which means skin and λογία, logia) is the branch of medicine dealing with the skin, nails, hair and its diseases.
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Health care prices in the United States
Health care prices in the United States describes market and non-market factors that determine pricing, along with possible causes as to why prices are higher than other countries.
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Health insurance
Health insurance is insurance that covers the whole or a part of the risk of a person incurring medical expenses, spreading the risk over a large number of persons.
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Health insurance in the United States
Health insurance in the United States is any program that helps pay for medical expenses, whether through privately purchased insurance, social insurance, or a social welfare program funded by the government.
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Independent Payment Advisory Board
The Independent Payment Advisory Board, or IPAB, was to be a fifteen-member United States Government agency created in 2010 by sections 3403 and 10320 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act which was to have the explicit task of achieving specified savings in Medicare without affecting coverage or quality.
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JAMA (journal)
JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association is a peer-reviewed medical journal published 48 times a year by the American Medical Association.
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JAMA Internal Medicine
JAMA Internal Medicine is a peer-reviewed medical journal published monthly by the American Medical Association.
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Kaiser Family Foundation
The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, or just Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF), is an American non-profit organization, headquartered in San Francisco, California.
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Marketplace (radio program)
Marketplace is a radio program that focuses on business, the economy, and events that influence them.
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Medicare (United States)
In the United States, Medicare is a national health insurance program, now administered by the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services of the U.S. federal government but begun in 1966 under the Social Security Administration.
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Medicare Payment Advisory Commission
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) is an independent US federal body.
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Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, often shortened to the Affordable Care Act (ACA) or nicknamed Obamacare, is a United States federal statute enacted by the 111th United States Congress and signed into law by President Barack Obama on March 23, 2010.
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Physician
A physician, medical practitioner, medical doctor, or simply doctor is a professional who practises medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining, or restoring health through the study, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, injury, and other physical and mental impairments.
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Primary care physician
A primary care physician is a physician who provides both the first contact for a person with an undiagnosed health concern as well as continuing care of varied medical conditions, not limited by cause, organ system, or diagnosis.
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Relative value unit
Relative value units (RVUs) are a measure of value used in the United States Medicare reimbursement formula for physician services.
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Resource-based relative value scale
Resource-based relative value scale (RBRVS) is a schema used to determine how much money medical providers should be paid.
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Slate (magazine)
Slate is an online magazine that covers current affairs, politics, and culture in the United States from a liberal perspective.
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Society of Thoracic Surgeons
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons is a Chicago, Illinois (USA)-based medical specialty professional society in the field of cardiothoracic surgery.
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Specialty (medicine)
A specialty, or speciality, in medicine is a branch of medical practice.
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Specialty Society Relative Value Scale Update Committee
The Specialty Society Relative Value Scale Update Committee or Relative Value Update Committee (RUC, pronounced "ruck") is a private group of 31 mostly specialist physicians who have made highly influential recommendations on how to value a physician's work when computing health care prices in the United States' public health insurance program Medicare.
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Steven A. Schroeder
Steven A. Schroeder is Distinguished Professor of Health and Health Care at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), where he also heads the Smoking Cessation Leadership Center.
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The McClatchy Company
The McClatchy Company is a publicly traded American publishing company based in Sacramento, California.
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The New England Journal of Medicine
The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) is a weekly medical journal published by the Massachusetts Medical Society.
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The New York Times
The New York Times (sometimes abbreviated as The NYT or The Times) is an American newspaper based in New York City with worldwide influence and readership.
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The Wall Street Journal
The Wall Street Journal is a U.S. business-focused, English-language international daily newspaper based in New York City.
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Usual, customary and reasonable
Usual, customary and reasonable (UCR) is an American method of generating health care prices, described as "more or less whatever doctors decided to charge".
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Uwe Reinhardt
Uwe Ernst Reinhardt (September 24, 1937 – November 14, 2017) was a professor of political economy at Princeton University and held several positions in the healthcare industry.
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William Hsiao
William C. Hsiao (Traditional Chinese: 蕭慶倫; Simplified Chinese: 萧庆伦) (born January 17, 1936) an American economist, is the K.T. Li Professor of Economics at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health in Boston, Massachusetts.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Specialty_Society_Relative_Value_Scale_Update_Committee
