Medicare : Payments to Physicians.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medical economics.

Medicare.

Fees, Professional.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (46 pages, digital, PDF file)

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2007.

System Details:

text file

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.

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. Medicar

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