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Physician Advice Through RUC On Valuing Services Helps Medicare, Primary Care


November 15th, 2011
by Peter Carmel

Editor’s Note: There are ongoing legal and policy debates regarding the role of the Relative Value Scale Update Committee (RUC) in advising the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on relative Medicare payment rates for different types of physician services. Below, Peter Carmel, the president of the American Medical Association, defends the role of the... Read the rest of this entry »

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