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Relative Value Scale Update Committee

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Docs sue CMS, launch task force to improve primary care pay

In a symbolic move representing physicians' frustration over having their Medicare reimbursement determined by a secret panel known as the Relative Value Scale Update Committee (RUC), six Georgia

Docs suggest primary care boycott of 'unfair' secret payment panel

The cloak-and-dagger group that recommends how much CMS should pay doctors should not be the only voice when it comes to giving payment advice, Drs. Brian Klepper and David C. Kibbe write in Kaiser

Hey secret pay panel, why so mysterious?

Was anyone else surprised by this week's revelation in the Wall Street Journal about a secret physician panel that provides input to help define fees paid by Medicare? The secret panel, known as the