Medicare Advantage Payments.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Drugs.

Medical laws and legislation.

Medicare.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (36 pages, digital, PDF file)

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2005.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Examines payment rates in the Medicare advantage (MA) program, established by the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003, which offers a variety of managed care options for Medicare beneficiaries. Covers payments for local and regional MA plans, variations in local MA payment rates, payments for MA plans and fee-for-service premiums in cost containment areas, and payments to MA plans for Medicare Part D prescription drug benefits.

Notes:

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.

Other Format:

Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Medicare Advantage Payments

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