Medicare Payments to Physicians

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Government paperwork.

Medical economics.

Medicare.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Contained In:

ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] [publisher not identified] 2006

Summary:

Explains the Medicare fee schedule for payments to physicians under the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1989 and the calculation of the annual update to the fee schedule. Reviews changes to the fee schedule under P.L. 108-173, the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003. Examines issues related to the fee schedule, including calculation of the update, pay for performance, access, geographic variation in payments, Medicare and private payment rates, payments for oncology services, documentation for evaluation and management services, and concierge care

Notes:

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Other Format:

Microfiche version Library of Congress Congressional Research Service Medicare: Payments to Physicians

Publisher Number:

CRS-2006-DSP-0180

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