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

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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.

Medicare.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

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ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection

Other Title:

Medicare payment for physician services

Place of Publication:

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

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 and Medicaid Services

Appendix IV. GAO contact and staff acknowledgments

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

Print version United States Government Accountability Office Medicare

Publisher Number:

CMP-2007-GAO-0096

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