Prospective Budgeting for Medicare's Physician Services.

Examines prospective budgeting as a potential strategy for managing Medicare spending for physician services, and reviews related experience in Canada and West Germany. Considers alternatives in the design of a prospective budgeting system for Medicare, and analyzes the 1985-87 growth in Medicare ex...

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Corporate Authors: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1989.
Series:U.S. Congressional Research.
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Summary:Examines prospective budgeting as a potential strategy for managing Medicare spending for physician services, and reviews related experience in Canada and West Germany. Considers alternatives in the design of a prospective budgeting system for Medicare, and analyzes the 1985-87 growth in Medicare expenditures for physician services. Also provides illustrative simulations of prospective budgets. Includes tables.
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