<unk> <unk>  is a schema used to determine how much money medical providers should be paid. It is partially used by Medicare in the United States and by nearly all health maintenance organizations (HMOs).<unk>  assigns procedures performed by a physician or other medical provider a relative<unk>  which is adjusted by geographic region (so a procedure performed in Manhattan is worth more than a procedure performed in Dallas). This<unk>  is then multiplied by a fixed conversion factor, which changes annually, to determine the amount of payment.<unk>  determines prices<unk>  on three separate factors: physician work (54%), practice expense (41%), and malpractice expense (5%). The procedure codes and their associated RVUs are made publicly available by CMS as the Physician Fee Schedule.
Resource-based relative value scale
Consensus error grid
Geographic pricing cost index
Community rating
Public utility model
Relative index of inequality
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Enterprise master patient index