A Survey On Spine Surgeons’ Opinions On The Release Of The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Data

摘要

BackgroundIn April 2014 the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released a dataset for the public which included information on services provided by physicians and healthcare providers for Medicare beneficiaries in the 2012 calendar year. The objective of this study is to determine spine surgeons’ opinions on the release of the CMS data, and determine how they feel this information may affect patient care.