Trends in special Medicare payments and service utilization for rural areas in the 1990s
This report analyzes special payments that Medicare has been making to rural providers. These special payments are intended to support the rural health care infrastructure to help ensure access to care for Medicare beneficiaries. The research provides a comprehensive overview of these payments, incl...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Santa Monica, CA
RAND
2002, 2002
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| Collection: | JSTOR Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | This report analyzes special payments that Medicare has been making to rural providers. These special payments are intended to support the rural health care infrastructure to help ensure access to care for Medicare beneficiaries. The research provides a comprehensive overview of these payments, including documentation of the supply of providers, trends in payments, and Medicare costs per beneficiary. Four types of special payments were examined: (1) payments to sole community hospitals, Medicare-dependent hospitals, and rural referral centers; (2) reimbursements to rural health clinics and federally qualified health centers; (3) bonus payments to physicians in rural health professional shortage areas; and (4) capitation payments in rural counties |
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| Item Description: | "RAND Health." |
| Physical Description: | xxxii, 192 pages |
| ISBN: | 0833032135 9780833032133 9781598752823 1598752820 |