Medicare Payments to Physicians.

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Corporate author / creator:Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.
Imprint:[S.l] : [s.n.], 2007.
Description:46 p. : digital, PDF file.
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource U.S. Federal Government Document Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10690868
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Other uniform titles:ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection.
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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.
Other form:Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Medicar