HCFA's fee plan based on questionable methodology.

Editorial. Focuses on the US Health Care Financing Administration's imposition of a plan for physicians' fees. Percentage cuts on ophthalmic surgical procedures; Organizations questioning the validity of the proposed methodology; HCFA's neglect to consider the high cost of state-of-the-art equipment; Inaccuracy of allocating indirect cost based on staff time only; HCFA's planned release of study results.