Healthcare providers (physicians, hospitals, clinics, etc.) operate and are sustained by the reimbursement or payment for care they provide to patients. In the United States, revenue for healthcare services comes from a variety of sources including the patient, insurance companies (i.e., BlueCross/BlueShield, Cigna, Aetna), and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), formerly the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA). The CMS provides healthcare insurance for Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries. When interfacing with an insurance company or the CMS, there are three fundamental reimbursement concepts that must be considered to assure appropriate revenue for services provided. These include the concepts of coverage, coding, and payment. © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2010.
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Saha, G. B. (2010). Basics of PET Imaging: Physics, Chemistry, and Regulations. Basics of PET Imaging: Physics, Chemistry, and Regulations (pp. 1–241). Springer New York. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-0805-6
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