“UPCODING” PROBLEM EXACERBATES OVERPAYMENTS TO MEDICARE ADVANTAGE PLANS Administration Action and House Health Reform Bill Seek to Address Problem
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Private plans were brought into Medicare on the theory that they could deliver Medicare services at lower cost. However, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) — Congress’s expert advisory body on Medicare payment policy — has found that Medicare pays private plans 14 percent more than it costs to treat the same beneficiaries in the traditional Medicare program. These overpayments threaten Medicare’s finances and increase the premiums that participants in traditional Medicare pay.
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تاریخ انتشار 2009