Neurosurgeons' responses to changing Medicare reimbursement

Medicare reimbursement and regression to the mean

There is evidence that Medicare's payment formula for health maintenance organizations (HMO's) overpays or underpays HMO's in cases of biased selection. There is also evidence that costs of biased groups regress toward the population mean cost, so the incorrect payment is temporary. We found that reimbursement regressed toward the mean for cohorts biased on medical use but not for groups biased...

Medicare Assignment Rates of Physicians: Their Responses to Changes in Reimbursement Policy

A physician's Medicare assignment rate is one measure of his or her willingness to participate in the Medicare program. The assignment rate reflects the proportion of services provided to Medicare beneficiaries for which the physician accepts the Medicare reasonable fee as payment in full. Generally, Medicare reasonable fees are lower than the payment which a physician receives from providing t...

Medicare reimbursement: what R.T.s should know.

Amid continued attention toward cutting the cost of Medicare, medical imaging continues to be an area that legislators focus on for reducing expenditures, which ultimately affects the amount of money available in health care facilities to provide services and pay personnel. These issues support the need for medical imaging and radiation therapy professionals to understand how the Medicare progr...

Medicare physician reimbursement: past, present, and future.

ASCs voice concerns to CMS on Medicare reimbursement.