Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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6245339 | Journal of the American College of Radiology | 2014 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
Echocardiography code bundling produced the expected sharp drop in outpatient claims from cardiologists in 2009. But after bundling, office echocardiography rates continued to drop, while HOPD rates increased. It seems that in this instance, code bundling led to the closure of many cardiology offices and a resultant shift of echocardiography from that lower cost setting to the higher cost HOPD setting.
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Authors
David C. MD, Laurence PhD, Ethan J. MD, Vijay M. MD,