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Ann Thorac Surg 2007;83:12-20
© 2007 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Report of the STS/AATS Workforce on Nomenclature and Coding

Physician Payment for 2007: A Description of the Process by Which Major Changes in Valuation of Cardiothoracic Surgical Procedures Occurred

Peter K. Smith, MDa,*, John E. Mayer, Jr, MDb, Kirk R. Kanter, MDc, Verdi J. DiSesa, MDd, James M. Levett, MDe, Cameron D. Wright, MDf, Francis C. Nichols, III, MDg, Keith S. Naunheim, MDh STS/AATS Workforce on Nomenclature and Coding

a Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
b Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
c Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia
d Section of Cardiac Surgery, The Chester County Hospital, West Chester, Pennsylvania
e Physician’s Clinic of Iowa, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
f Thoracic Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
g Division of General Thoracic Surgery, Mayo Clinic and Mayo Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota
h Department of Surgery, St. Louis University Health Sciences Center, St. Louis, Missouri

* Address correspondence to Dr Smith, Duke University Medical Center, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, PO Box 3442, 4532 Hosp South, Durham, NC 27710 (Email: smith058{at}mc.duke.edu).

Throughout the last 3 years, the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) has put forth a major effort towards more accurate valuation of the work performed by cardiothoracic surgeons. The culmination of these efforts was realized on November 1, 2006, when the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services published the Final Rule which markedly increased the physician work values for the most frequently performed cardiothoracic surgery procedures. This article recounts the innovative approach taken by the STS during these extended efforts.


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