Gurny P A, Clopton T A
Health Care Financ Rev. 1986 Winter;8(2):45-52.
The Health Care Financing Administration is in the process of designing a competitive bidding model for the purchase of outpatient clinical laboratory services. One segment of this process involves the development of a relative value scale (RVS). The RVS could be used as part of the bidding process and as the basis of payment. The RVS could also be used as the basis of a national fee schedule, as stipulated in the Deficit Reduction Act of 1984. Potential problems with the development of an RVS from local (carrier) fee schedules for outpatient clinical laboratory services were investigated.
医疗保健财务管理局正在设计一种用于购买门诊临床实验室服务的竞争性投标模式。这一过程的一个环节涉及制定相对价值量表（RVS）。该RVS可作为投标过程的一部分以及支付的基础。根据1984年《减赤法案》的规定，RVS还可作为全国收费表的基础。对根据门诊临床实验室服务的地方（承保人）收费表制定RVS可能存在的问题进行了调查。
