Medicare : Payments to Physicians.
Explains the Medicare fee schedule for payments to physicians under the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1989 and calculation of the fee schedule's annual update. Reviews changes to the fee schedule under P.L. 108-173, the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 20...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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| Series: | U.S. Congressional Research.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Explains the Medicare fee schedule for payments to physicians under the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1989 and calculation of the fee schedule's annual update. Reviews changes to the fee schedule under P.L. 108-173, the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003, and P.L. 109-171, the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005. Examines issues related to the fee schedule, including 2007 fee schedule, calculation of the update, evidence-based medicine and pay for performance, cost of reform options, imaging services, impact of spending increases on Part B premiums, access to care, geographic variation in payments, Medicare and private payment rates, payments for oncology services, and concierge care. |
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| Item Description: | Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Dec. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC. CRS Report. Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |