Medicare: Payments to Radiologists, Anesthesiologists, and Pathologists.
Abstract
This briefing report provides information on three hospital-based physician specialties--radiologists, anesthesiologists and pathologies (RAPs). The Chairman of the Subcommittee on Health, House Committee on Ways and Means asked us to answer a series of questions about RAPs concerning:--the contractual arrangements between hospitals and RAPs, --the level of physicians' net incomes and percentage return on the cost of medical training, --medicare service volume on per beneficiary basis, --medicare controls on the volume of these physicians, --the geographic variation in payment rates for their services. RAPs provide services essential to the operation of hospitals and necessary for the diagnosis and treatment of illness and injury.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jul 01, 1987
- Accession Number
- ADA185495
Entities
Organizations
- United States Government Accountability Office