Medicare hospital fees will be frozen

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Mediation will be option for resolving Medicare beneficiary complaints.

Quality of care complaints most often arise from a patient’s perception of error or negligence rather than certifiable acts or omissions. When complaints occur, one of the least confrontational ways to address them is through mediation. Beginning this fall, a new mediation program will allow physicians and health care providers to engage in a discussion with patients who have filed a quality of...

Will the care be there? Vulnerable beneficiaries and Medicare reform.

The Medicare program is on the verge of major change. The proof of the value of reforms will not rest in how well the program meets the needs of the healthy and wealthy, but rather in whether they preserve or improve upon protections for those who would not be well served by an unregulated private sector--persons with low incomes and/or substantial health problems. This paper examines four key ...

Reconsidering Geographic Adjustments to Medicare Physician Fees

Isolation Hospital Consultants' Fees