Medicare : geographic areas used to adjust physician payments for variation in practice costs should be revised : report to the chairman, Subcommittee on Health, Committee on Ways and Means, House of Representatives.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

United States. Government Accountability Office.

Contributor:

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Health.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medical fees--United States.

Medical fees.

United States.

Medicare.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (iii, 78 pages :) : illustrations, maps, digital, PDF file

Other Title:

Medicare payment for physician services

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : United States Government Accountability Office, [2007]

System Details:

text file

PDF

Contents:

Letter (Results in brief; Background; Physician payment localities are primarily consolidations of the carrier-defined localities that were established in 1966, which CMS has since revised using three approaches that were not uniformly applied; More than half of the physician payment localities had counties within them with large payment differences; Several alternative approaches to the physician payment localities could improve payment accuracy while generally imposing minimal additional administrative burden; Conclusions; Recommendations for executive action; Agency comments and our evaluation)

Appendix I. Scope and methodology

Appendix II. Information on configuration of the current Medicare physician payment localities and the alternative approaches

Appendix III. Comments from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

Appendix IV. GAO contact and staff acknowledgments

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Includes bibliographical references.

Electronic reproduction. [Bethesda, Md.] : ProQuest, 2004. digital, PDF file. ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection. Mode of access: World Wide Web via ProQuest website.

Other Format:

Print version: United States. Government Accountability Office. Medicare

Microfiche version: United States. Government Accountability Office. Medicare. CIS 2007 J942-241

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