Comparison of Services in Hospital Outpatient Departments and Physicians' Offices

摘要

To identify the kinds of services that might be controlled, claims data was obtained and analyzed from Medicare carriers and intermediaries in four states: Florida, Maryland, New Jersey and South Carolina. The analysis was to center on the frequency and charges for medical care services provided by physicians in hospital outpatient department and in physicians' offices in those four states. Tables for each state, showing for each listed CPT-4 code the number of bills, the total charges, the average charge and the standard deviation, in hospital outpatient departments, physicians' offices, and independent laboratories were produced.