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- Title
The Medicare Data Release Conundrum.
- Authors
Wilensky, Gail R.
- Abstract
The author focuses on a public-use data file released by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Topics discussed include the concern of the American Medical Association about errors in Medical care billings, a report released by the Institute of Medicine on geographic variations titled "Variation in Health Care Spending: Target Decision Making, Not Geography" and the Physician Compare Website. It also reflects on transparency of health care cost and quality.
- Subjects
CENTERS for Medicare &; Medicaid Services (U.S.); AMERICAN Medical Association; NATIONAL Academy of Medicine (U.S.); MEDICAL care costs; PHYSICIANS; COMPUTER network resources
- Publication
Annals of Internal Medicine, 2014, Vol 161, Issue 4, p293
- ISSN
0003-4819
- Publication type
Opinion
- DOI
10.7326/M14-1080