Physician Payment Reform and Hospital Referrals

Physician Payment Reform and Hospital Referrals.

For over thirty years researchers have documented significant variation in medical care spending both between geographic regions and across hospitals within regions that does not seem to be related to outcomes. Much of the spending variation in the commercial insurance market is due to differences in prices across providers. Given the current policy focus on reducing medical care costs, these f...

Medicare physician payment, participation, and reform.

Physician Payment Reform : Lessons From Abroad

Physician payment reform: don't forget the patient.

182 Physician Payment Policy in the 101st Congress Paul B. Ginsburg The Medicare Physician Fee Freeze Janet B. Mitchell, Gerard Wedig, and Jerry Cromwell Prospective Payment to Medical Staffs: A Proposal W. Pete Welch A Competitive Bidding Approach to Physician Payment Jeffrey S. McCombs Medicare Mandatory Assignment: An Unnecessary Risk? John Holahan and Stephen Zuckerman Paying Physicians in ...

Physician Payment Reform Under Medicare: Monitoring Utilization and Access

The Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (OBRA) of 1989 brought about significant changes in physician payment policy under Medicare. A major component of physician payment reform was the implementation on January 1, 1992, of the Medicare fee schedule (MFS). The Secretary of Health and Human Services is required to monitor and report annually on the impact of the changes in physician payment on ac...