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February 13, 2013 | Issue Brief
Medicare's per capita payments to physicians for patient services has been exceeding federal budget guidelines, but Congress has postponed a reduction in physician fees in recent years. Lawmakers are looking for a permanent solution to the problem.
December 2, 2010 | Issue Brief
Congress has repeatedly postponed cuts to physician fees under Medicare, but has reached no agreement on how to restrain growth in spending.
December 8, 2010 | Journal Article
Physician payment reform holds the potential to improve quality of care while controlling costs.
September 1, 2009 | Report
This survey, which was published by the New England Journal of Medicine, shows 'striking' consistency of physician support, across every locale and demographic, for reform proposals that include both private and public insurance options.
January 1, 2009 | Journal Article
Most of the recent growth in health care costs is due to the increasing volume of services offered by physicians to their Medicare patients. This paper considers whether changes in Medicare fees that negatively affect physicians? incomes also affect service volume.
February 5, 2008 | Journal Article
The focus of this study was to estimate changes in prescription utilization and out-of-pocket expenditures attributable to Part D among a sample of persons eligible for the benefit.
August 1, 2006 | Journal Article
The current study attempted to ascertain whether the use of data from either the Veteran's Administration (VA) or Medicare systems could accurately reflect the diagnoses and illnesses of patients who use both systems for health care. Relative risk s ...
August 1, 2004 | Journal Article
The vast majority of Medicare patients receive drug benefits with dollar limits or caps. Beneficiaries who exceed their caps have to pay the entire cost of their prescriptions for the remainder of the year. This study examined cost-cutting strategie ...
August 1, 0200 | Journal Article
With the introduction of Part D, Medicare beneficiaries get more prescription drugs at less cost.
September 12, 2012 | Journal Article
In the Medicare Physician Group Practice Demonstration (PGPD), 10 accountable care organization (ACO) physician groups were eligible to receive a portion of savings generated if they also showed improvement on 32 quality measures. The Centers for Me ...