title: Physician payment reform: an idea whose time has come.
authors: Institute for Health Policy Studies, University of California, San Francisco.
authors: P R
authors: PR
authors: Lee
authors: L B
authors: LB
authors: LeRoy
authors: P B
authors: PB
authors: Ginsberg
authors: G T
authors: GT
authors: Hammons
mesh_terms: D005245:Fee Schedules; D007357:Insurance, Physician Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006278:Medicare / Q000458:organization & administration*; D015442:Medicare Assignment / Q000458:organization & administration*; D008722:Methods; D015284:Physician Payment Review Commission; D011365:Professional Practice Location / Q000191:economics; D011907:Rate Setting and Review / Q000379:methods*; D012051:Reimbursement Mechanisms; D015895:Relative Value Scales; D014481:United States