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Packaging physician services: alternative approaches to Medicare Part B reimbursement.

More than a quarter of the rapid growth in physician expenditures since the advent of the Medicare program can be ascribed to greater service intensity, generally through unpackaging of physician services, procedure inflation, and the involvement of multiple physicians. One way to achieve effective cost control is to restrain prices and the number of services simultaneously through redefining the payment unit from a narrow procedure to a comprehensive package of services. In this paper, we explore five means of packaging physician services: collapsed procedure, office visit, special procedure, ambulatory condition, and inpatient condition packages. While three packages hold promise for reining in the costs of physician services in the Medicare program, two raise important policy considerations that would have to be addressed before they could be given further consideration.

Ambulatory Care↗

Medicare--part B.

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Chronic Disease↗

Medicare program; Part B advance payments to suppliers furnishing items or services under Medicare Part B--HCFA. Final rule.

This rule establishes requirements and procedures for advance payments to suppliers of Medicare Part B services. An advance payment will be made only if the carrier is unable to process a claim timely; the supplier requests advance payment; we determine that payment of interest is insufficient to compensate the supplier for loss of the use of the funds; and, we expressly approve the advance payment in writing. These rules are necessary to address deficiencies noted by the General Accounting Office in its report analyzing current procedures for making advance payments. The intent of this rule is to ensure more efficient and effective administration of this aspect of the Medicare program.

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S.↗