Medicare physician payment, participation, and reform
| Autor: | George J. Schieber, Ira Burney, Peter Hickman, Julia Paradise |
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| Rok vydání: | 1984 |
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Payment system Legislation Medicare Recession Federal budget Fee Schedules Economics Humans Insurance Physician Services Medicare Part B health care economics and organizations media_common Public economics business.industry Medicaid Prospective Payment System Health Policy Payment United States Economics Medical Work (electrical) Annual percentage rate Demographic economics Capitation Fee Health Expenditures business |
| Zdroj: | Health affairs (Project Hope). 3(4) |
| ISSN: | 0278-2715 |
| Popis: | Prologue: National expenditures for physicians' services have been rising over the last twenty years at increasing rates, from 83 percent annually in the 1960-65 period to a 14.9 percent annual rate in 1980-82, despite a recession. Medicare program spending has reflected these trends. During the period 1978 to 1983, expenditures for physicians' services increased at an annual average rate of growth of 20.5 percent. Between 1983 and 1984, the rate of increase for Medicare Part B outlays fell to 11.4 percent. In this essay, the authors, all of whom work for the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA), set out these physician spending trends, Medicares payment methods, existing problems with this system, and generic approaches to reform. The authors declare that “inefficiencies in the existing payment system, coupled with their impact on the federal budget deficit, make changes in Medicare a top priority for the administration and Congress.” The authors work for HCFA's Office of Legislation and Policy. I... |
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