tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post2351046925576075468..comments2024-03-28T01:27:23.408-04:00Comments on Health Care Renewal: Price Fixing, Regulatory Capture, Crony Capitalism - Will the New Public Citizen Report Succeed in Outing the RUC?Roy M. Poses MDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00497209843184497847noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-86750203670015711432014-10-03T16:33:24.720-04:002014-10-03T16:33:24.720-04:00Too much money involved and not one power center w...Too much money involved and not one power center wants to see that change. How about an across the board cut, a higher % for expensive codes and a lower percent for cheaper codes. Rather than individually, how about code $ times frequency so that bigger total dollar codes are reduced. <br /><br />Doesn't volume = better efficiency?Rout the RUCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-71808424773045898702014-10-01T10:05:46.111-04:002014-10-01T10:05:46.111-04:00It is very disheartening that this mess has contin...It is very disheartening that this mess has continued for so long despite being exposed by many, including you! Those controlling the medical industry have too much power and it appears that they do not care if they drive the whole industry into the ground...Judy Bnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-34491913035614678942014-09-30T18:10:43.886-04:002014-09-30T18:10:43.886-04:00The RUC may be secretive but some of the records i...The RUC may be secretive but some of the records it leaves behind are public. This past summer, CMS asked for public comment on 64 potentially overvalued codes (79 FR 40338). I looked through many of them. The biggest whopper I found - Code 95004, Allergy Skin Testing. This is a $6 code and $4 is represented by the value of skin prick allergen. The RUC used "dust mite allergen" ...Brucehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05149672650241065616noreply@blogger.com