Physician characteristic | Charts filled out by physicians reimbursed by FFSn = 447 | Charts filled out by physicians reimbursed by APPn = 402 | p value | ||
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No. of claims submitted* | PPV, % | No. of claims submitted* | PPV, % | ||
Overall | 389 | 87.0 | 345 | 85.8 | < 0.001 |
Physician specialty | |||||
Surgery | 240 | 90.0 | 11 | 92.0 | < 0.001 |
Internal medicine | 91 | 76.5 | 176 | 81.0 | < 0.001 |
Neurology/neurosurgery | - | - | 82 | 93.2 | - |
Pediatrics | 28 | 82.4 | 76 | 91.0 | < 0.001 |
Psychiatry | 30 | 100 | - | - | - |
Note: APP = alternative payment plan, FFS = fee-for-service payment plan. Claims were submitted by 182 unique physicians.
*We did not report PPVs for other specialties, such as intensive care unit physicians, hospitalists and psychiatrists.