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Estimated Financial Impact of 2021 Office-Visit Work Relative Unit Updates on Surgical Global Periods

Published:2024-09-01 Issue:9 Volume:159 Page:1087
ISSN:2168-6254
Container-title:JAMA Surgery
language:en
Short-container-title:JAMA Surg

Author:

Childers Christopher P.¹,Hu Chung-Yuan²,Swisher Stephen G.³,Wong Sandra L.⁴,Chang George J.²⁵

Affiliation:

1. Department of Surgical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston

2. Department of Colon and Rectal Surgery, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston

3. Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston

4. Department of Surgery, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire

5. Department of Health Services Research, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston

Abstract

This cross-sectional study assesses the impact of changes to medical billing and coding work relative value units in 2021.

Publisher

American Medical Association (AMA)

Link

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamasurgery/articlepdf/2821022/jamasurgery_childers_2024_ld_240006_1725986285.68252.pdf

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