Medicare hospital and physician payments : geographic cost adjustments important to preserve beneficiary access to services /

Discusses how the Medicare program adjusts payments to hospitals and physicians to account for geographic differences in costs.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Scanlon, William
Corporate Author: United States. General Accounting Office
Format: Government Document eBook
Language:English
Published: [Washington, D.C.] : U.S. General Accounting Office, [2002]
Series:Testimony ; GAO-02-968 T.
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Online Access:https://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/LPS34589
Description
Summary:Discusses how the Medicare program adjusts payments to hospitals and physicians to account for geographic differences in costs.
Item Description:Title from title screen (viewed on Oct. 1, 2003).
"For release ... July 23, 2002."
Paper version available from: General Accounting Office, 441 G St., NW, Rm. LM, Washington, D.C. 20548.
Electronic resource.
Format:System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader.
Mode of access: Internet from GAO web site. Address as of 10/01/03: http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d02968t.pdf; current access available via PURL.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.