Medicare

Forum Session — December 9, 2011
Medicare Supplemental Coverage: Weighing the Consequences and Trade-Offs for Medicare Spending and Beneficiaries
Author: Kathryn Linehan

Forum Session — December 2, 2011
Mission Possible? Saving on Health Care Costs by Reducing Unnecessary Services
Author: Michele J. Orza, ScD

Special Briefing — October 21, 2011
Revisiting Financing and Delivery of Care to Duals: One Size May Not Fit All
Author: Carol V. O'Shaughnessy

Forum Session — July 29, 2011
Fiscal Pressure and Hospital Financial Position
Authors: Laura A. Dummit & Kathryn Linehan

Forum Session — July 22, 2011
Medical Care for the Elderly Living at Home: Home-Based Primary Care (HBPC) and Hospital-at-Home Programs
Author: Carol V. O'Shaughnessy

The Basics — June 21, 2011
Medicare's Sustainable Growth Rate
Author: A. Bruce Steinwald, Consultant

Forum Session — May 20, 2011
Medicare's Vision of Accountable Care Organizations: Will Providers Have the Same View?
Author: Laura A. Dummit

Forum Session — April 1, 2011
Physician Self-Referral and Health Care Utilization
Author: Laura A. Dummit

Issue Brief No. 841 — March 28, 2011
Medicare's Bundling Pilot: Including Post-Acute Care Services
Author: Laura A. Dummit

Forum Session — March 18, 2011
Caring for Patients with Advanced and Serious Illnesses: Changing Medical Practice and Patient Expectations
Author: Carol V. O'Shaughnessy

Fundamentals Briefing — March 4, 2011
Health Policy Essentials: The Fundamentals of the SGR: Getting a Fix on Medicare’s Physician Spending
Author: Laura A. Dummit

Fundamentals Briefing — February 18, 2011
Health Policy Essentials: The Fundamentals of Health Care Spending, Growth, and Managing Costs
Author: Laura A. Dummit

Briefing Book — February 11, 2011
Health Policy Essentials

The Basics — January 24, 2011
Medicare
Author: Mary Ellen Stahlman

Forum Session — December 10, 2010
Insurer-Provider Payment Negotiations: Implications for Health Spending
Author: Mary Ellen Stahlman

Forum Session — October 8, 2010
The Cost of Hospital Care
Author: Laura A. Dummit

Issue Brief No. 838 — July 22, 2010
Medicare Physician Fees: The Data Behind the Numbers
Author: Laura A. Dummit

Forum Session — June 21, 2010
Health Care Cost Drivers in Massachusetts: Lessons for Federal Policymakers
Author: Mary Ellen Stahlman

Background Paper No. 75 — June 4, 2010
Health Care Shortage Designations: HPSA, MUA, and TBD
Author: Eileen Salinsky, Consultant

Site Visit — June 2–4, 2010
Heath Care Spending: Why Is Miami an Outlier?
Authors: Laura A. Dummit & Mary Ellen Stahlman

Small-Group Session — March 5, 2010
Medicare Fee Schedule: What’s the RUC Got to Do With It?
Author: Laura A. Dummit

Forum Session — October 30, 2009
Prevention and Early Detection of Health Care Fraud, Abuse, and Waste
Author: Mary Ellen Stahlman

The Basics — October 14, 2009
Discharge Planning and Medical Social Services in Fee-for-Service Medicare
Author: Kathryn Linehan

Background Paper No. 70 — August 31, 2009
Coverage and Payment for Prescription Drugs Under Medicare Part B: A Complex Patchwork
Author: Amanda Cassidy, Consultant

The Basics — July 29, 2009
Paying the Bills: Medicare Administrative Contractors
Author: Laura A. Dummit

Forum Session — May 29, 2009
High Rehospitalization Rates: Causes, Costs, and Accountability
Author: Laura A. Dummit

Forum Session — May 1, 2009
Great Expectations: Managing the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Author: Laura A. Dummit

Forum Session — April 3, 2009
Promising Models of Care Coordination for Adults with Multiple Chronic Conditions: Getting Closer to the Holy Grail?
Author: Carol V. O'Shaughnessy

Forum Session — March 27, 2009
Coordinating Care for Adults with Multiple Chronic Conditions: Searching for the Holy Grail
Author: Carol V. O'Shaughnessy

The Basics — February 12, 2009
Relative Value Units (RVUs)
Author: Laura A. Dummit

Fundamentals Briefing — February 6, 2009
Medicaid, Employers, and Medigap: Wrapping Around Medicare
Author: Mary Ellen Stahlman

Fundamentals Briefing — January 15–16, 2009
Understanding Medicare and Medicaid: Fundamentals and Issues for the New Congress
Authors: Christie Provost Peters, Jennifer Ryan & Mary Ellen Stahlman

Forum Session — November 13, 2008
Medical Imaging Services: Utilization, Spending, and Appropriateness
Author: Laura A. Dummit

Issue Brief No. 827 — November 3, 2008
Primary Care Physician Supply, Physician Compensation, and Medicare Fees: What Is the Connection?
Author: Laura A. Dummit

Forum Session — August 1, 2008
Medicare's Hospice Benefit: In the Spotlight
Author: Mary Ellen Stahlman

The Basics — July 30, 2008
Medicare Demonstrations
Author: Amanda Cassidy, Consultant

Background Paper No. 63 — July 22, 2008
The Fundamentals of Medicare Demonstrations
Author: Amanda Cassidy, Consultant

Small-Group Session — May 2, 2008
Physician Income and Medical Practice Differences Across Specialties: Should Medicare Care?
Author: Laura A. Dummit

Forum Session — December 14, 2007
The Ethics in Patient Referrals Act: The Stark Law and the Practice of Medicine
Author: Laura A. Dummit

Issue Brief No. 825 — September 10, 2007
Physician Profiling: Can Medicare Paint an Accurate Picture?
Author: Laura A. Dummit

Background Paper — August 21, 2007
Medicare's Use of Risk Adjustment
Author: Gerald F. Kominski, PhD

Forum Session — July 13, 2007
What Can Physician Profiling Do for Medicare?
Author: Laura A. Dummit

Forum Session — June 1, 2007
Getting the Fees "Right" and Medicare Physician Spending
Author: Laura A. Dummit

Fundamentals Briefing — February 22–23, 2007
Understanding Medicare and Medicaid: Fundamentals and Issues for the New Congress
Authors: Christie Provost Peters & Mary Ellen Stahlman

Background Paper — November 27, 2006
Medicare and Mental Health: The Fundamentals
Authors: Christopher W. Loftis, PhD & Eileen Salinsky

Issue Brief No. 818 — November 10, 2006
Updating Medicare's Physician Fees: The Sustainable Growth Rate Methodology
Author: Laura A. Dummit

Forum Session — October 13, 2006
Medicare Physician Spending: Past as Prologue?
Author: Laura A. Dummit

Issue Brief No. 815 — October 9, 2006
Medicare Physician Payments and Spending
Author: Laura A. Dummit

Forum Session — March 31, 2006
Medicare Provider Payments: Proposals from MedPAC and the Administration
Author: Laura A. Dummit

Forum Session — March 17, 2006
Physician Spending Growth: Do We Get What We Pay For?
Author: Laura A. Dummit

Forum Session — October 21, 2005
Medicare Health Support: Working with Physicians?
Author: Lisa Sprague

Issue Brief No. 804 — July 13, 2005
Specialty Hospitals: Can General Hospitals Compete?
Author: Laura A. Dummit

Fundamentals Briefing — January 13–14, 2005
Understanding Medicare and Medicaid: Fundamentals and Issues for the New Congress
Authors: Nora Super & Jennifer Ryan

Forum Session — April 13, 2004
Implementing the MMA: Insights from Two Seasoned Administrators
Author: Judith D. Moore

Forum Session — July 30, 2003
The Geography of Medicare: Explaining Differences in Payment and Costs
Author: Nora Super

Issue Brief No. 792 — July 3, 2003
The Geography of Medicare: Explaining Differences in Payment and Costs
Author: Nora Super

Forum Session — March 26, 2003
Medicare and Chronic Conditions: Breaking Down Barriers to Better Care
Author: Nora Super

Fundamentals Briefing — January 23–24, 2003
Understanding Medicare and Medicaid: Fundamentals and Issues for the New Congress
Authors: Nora Super & Jennifer Ryan

Small-Group Session — July 10, 2002
Modernizing Medicare: The Homebound Rule and Next Steps
Author: Judith D. Moore

Background Paper — January 25, 2002
From Diagnosis to Payment: The Dynamics of Coding Systems for Hospital, Physician, and Other Health Services
Author: Karen Matherlee

Forum Session — November 2, 2001
Medicare Coverage: Lessons from the Past, Questions for the Future
Author: Robin J. Strongin, Consultant

Background Paper — August 2001
Medicare Coverage: Lessons from the Past, Questions for the Future
Author: Robin J. Strongin, Consultant

Site Visit — May 5, 2001
Health Care Financing Administration Central Office
Author: Nora Super

Forum Session — February 23, 2001
Reflections on HCFA: Former Administrators Speak Their Minds
Author: Nora Super

Issue Brief No. 756 — June 16, 2000
HCFA's Outpatient PPS: Finally Ready to Roll?
Author: Karen Matherlee

Forum Session — June 16, 2000
HCFA's Outpatient PPS: Finally Ready to Roll?
Author: Karen Matherlee

Workshop — April 27–28, 2000
Hospital-Based Health Care Systems: The Post-BBA Era
Authors: Nora Super, Lisa Sprague & Karen Matherlee

Site Visit — April 10–11, 2000
Site Visit to Seattle — University of Washington Academic Medical Center
Author: Karen Matherlee

Site Visit — March 20, 2000
Site Visit to Detroit — Henry Ford Health System
Author: Lisa Sprague

Site Visit — March 16–17, 2000
Site Visit to Richmond and Hampton Roads — Bon Secours Health System, Inc.
Author: Nora Super

Issue Brief No. 744 — July 13, 1999
Access to Home Health Services under Medicare's Interim Payment System
Author: Nora Super

Forum Session — July 13, 1999
Access to Home Health Services under Medicare's Interim Payment System
Author: Nora Super

Issue Brief No. 743 — July 7, 1999
Implementing the BBA: The Challenge of Moving Medicare Post-Acute Services to PPS
Author: Karen Matherlee

Forum Session — July 7, 1999
Implementing the BBA: The Challenge of Moving Medicare Post-Acute Services to PPS
Author: Karen Matherlee

Issue Brief No. 734 — March 30, 1999
Margins As Measures: Gauging Hospitals' Financial Health
Author: Karen Matherlee

Forum Session — March 30, 1999
Margins As Measures: Gauging Hospitals' Financial Health
Author: Karen Matherlee

Issue Brief No. 722 — July 9, 1998
Medicare Coverage and Technology Diffusion: Past, Present, and Future
Author: Robin J. Strongin

Forum Session — July 9, 1998
Medicare Coverage and Technology Diffusion: Past, Present, and Future
Author: Robin J. Strongin