Forum Session

Date:

OCTOBER 13, 2006

Title:

Medicare Physician Spending: Past as
Prologue?

Manager:

Laura A. Dummit

Summary:

This meeting presented an historical perspective on physician spending in the Medicare program and Medicare’s attempts to curb its growth. It included a national overview of physician responses to Medicare’s payment approach and views from the primary care and specialty physician communities.

Speakers:

Gail Wilensky, PhD, Senior Fellow, Project HOPE

With Commentary From:
Paul Ginsburg, PhD, President, Center for Studying Health System Change; Alan R. Nelson, MD, Special Adviser, American College of Physicians; Karen Borman, MD, Professor of Surgery and Vice Chair for Surgical Education, University of Mississippi Medical Center

Related
Materials:

See related issue briefs by Laura A. Dummit, "Medicare Physician Payments and Spending," (Issue Brief No. 815, October 9, 2006) and "Updating Medicare’s Physician Fees: The Sustainable Growth Rate Methodology" (Issue Brief No. 818, November 10, 2006).

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