We excluded claims with modifier codes that reflect different levels of reimbursement and selected claims with the main unit of measure for the specific procedure. For example, we excluded claims paid (primarily by health maintenance organizations) using monthly units, which likely represent capitated ...
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Accordingly, CMS restricts billing under the locum Q6 modifier to care episodes that meet this definition.15,23 Thus, while Q6 is likely to be highly specific for identifying traditional locum tenens physicians, it will not capture other forms of services delivered by temporary physicians who do ...
Sex may also be an important effect modifier and some studies have found stronger health effects of air pollution in females [13,14]. Sex differences in biological factors (e.g., lung size, particle deposition) as well as sociological gender norms (e.g., occupation, activity patterns) may ...