Mandatory imaging program takes aim at overutilization. Holding physicians to best-practice guidelines with the threat of refusing to pay for unnecessary tests reaps dividends
Diamond, F.
Managed Care 20(11): 61-62
2011
ISSN/ISBN: 1062-3388 PMID: 22180901 Document Number: 319656
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