Medical Fees in the United States 2006

Medical Fees in the United States 2006 includes everything you need to review your fees, set fees for new services, challenge low payments from third party payers, and evaluate managed care contracts. The fees are based on an analysis of over 60 million health insurance claims submitted to third party payers. Includes a comprehensive introduction and listings for over 6000 CPT codes with short descriptions, fees at the 50th, 75th and 90th percentiles, plus medicare fees and relative values (RVUs). Also includes geographic adjustment factors to help you fine-tune the data to your geographic area of practice. --Maximize your payments from Medicare and private carriers --Challenge low allowances and payments by health insurance companies --Review managed care contracts to determine if payments are fair and reasonable