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Comment letter: CMS's proposed rule entitled: Medicare Program; Revisions to payment policies under the physician fee schedule and other revisions to Part B for CY 2010 (August 31, 2009)

Comment letter RE: CMS’s proposed rule entitled: Proposed Changes to the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System and Calendar Year 2010 Payment Rates; Proposed Changes to the Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment System and CY 2010 Payment Rates

A Data Book: Healthcare Spending and the Medicare Program (June 2009)

Ambulatory care (Section 8, June 2009 Data Book)

Other services-dialysis, hospice, clinical laboratory (Section 12, June 2009 Data Book)

Contractor report: How Are Residency Programs Preparing Our 21st Century Internists? (July 2009)

A study conducted for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission by staff from RAND Health

Testimony: Reforming the Health Care Delivery System (Energy and Commerce, June 25, 2009)

U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Energy and Commerce

Report to the Congress: Improving Incentives in the Medicare Program (June 2009)

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Medical education in the United States: Supporting long-term delivery system reforms (Chapter 1, June 2009 report)

Accountable care organizations (Chapter 2, June 2009 report)

Physician resource use measurement (Chapter 3, June 2009 report)

Impact of physician self-referral on use of imaging services within an episode (Chapter 4, June 2009 report)

Review of CMS's preliminary estimate of the physician update for 2010 (Appendix A, June 2009 report)

Contractor report: The Use of an Episode Grouper for Physician Profiling in Medicare: A Preliminary Investigation (June 2009)

A study conducted for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission by staff from Thomson Healthcare

Contractor report: Multiple Attribution of Episodes for Physician Profiling in Medicare: A Preliminary Investigation (June 2009)

A study conducted for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission by staff from Thomson Reuters Healthcare

Medicare payment basics: Ambulatory surgical centers payment system (October 14, 2009)

Medicare payment basics: Outpatient dialysis services payment system (October 14, 2009)

Medicare payment basics: Outpatient hospital services payment system (October 14, 2009)

Medicare payment basics: Physician services payment system (October 14, 2009)

New York Times correction

Testimony: Reforming the Health Care Delivery System (Ways and Means, April 1, 2009)

U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Ways and Means

Testimony: Reforming the Health Care Delivery System (Energy and Commerce, March 10, 2009)

U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Energy and Commerce

Report to the Congress: Medicare Payment Policy (March 2009)

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Physician services and ambulatory surgical centers (Chapter 2B, March 2009 report)

Outpatient dialysis services (Chapter 2C, March 2009 report)

Public reporting of physicians' financial relationships (Chapter 5, March 2009 report)

Executive summary (March 2009 report)

Comment Letter: To CMS Dr. Thomas Valuck Re: Physician VBP Program Issues Paper Comments (Dec 19,2008)

Physician VBP Program Issues Paper Comments

Report to the Congress: Reforming the Delivery System (June 2008)

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Comment letter: CMS’s proposed rule entitled Medicare Program; Proposed Changes to the Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems and fiscal year 2009 Rates; Proposed Changes to Disclosure of Physician Ownership in Hospitals and Physician Self-Referral Rules; Proposed Collection of Information Regarding Financial Relationships Between Hospitals and Physicians (June 10, 2008)

Promoting the use of primary care (Chapter 2, June 2008 report)

Examining hospital-physician collaborative relationships (Chapter 3, June 2008 report)

Public reporting of physicians' financial relationships (Chapter 6, June 2008 report)

Review of CMS's preliminary estimate of the physician update for 2009 (Appendix A, June 2008 report)

Report to the Congress: Medicare Payment Policy (March 2008)

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Physician services (Chapter 2B, March 2008 report)

Outpatient dialysis services (Chapter 2C, March 2008 report)

Contractor report: Health Plans' Use of Physician Resource Use and Quality Measures (October 2007)

A study conducted for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission by Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.

Comment letter: CMS’s proposed rule entitled Proposed Changes to the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System and Calendar Year 2008 Payment Rates; Proposed Changes to the ASC Payment System and CY 2008 Payment Rates (September 14, 2007)

Comment letter: CMS's proposed rule entitled Medicare program; Revisions to payment policies under the physician fee schedule, and other Part B payment policies for CY 2008 (August 30, 2007)

Report to the Congress: Promoting Greater Efficiency in Medicare (June 2007)

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Analysis of changes to physicians' practice expense payments (Chapter 9, June 2007 report)

Review of CMS's preliminary estimate of the physician update for 2008 (Appendix A, June 2007 report)

Testimony: Payments to Selected Fee-For-Service Providers (May 15, 2007)

U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Health

Testimony: Options to Improve Medicare's Payments to Physicians (May 10, 2007)

U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Health

Testimony: Assessing Alternatives to the Sustainable Growth Rate System (Ways and Means, March 6, 2007)

U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Health

Testimony: Assessing Alternatives to the Sustainable Growth Rate System (Energy and Commerce, March 6, 2007)

U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Health

Testimony: Assessing Alternatives to the Sustainable Growth Rate System (Energy and Commerce, March 6, 2007)

U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Health

Testimony: Assessing Alternatives to the Sustainable Growth Rate System (Ways and Means, March 6, 2007)

U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Health

Contractor report: The extended hospital medical staff: Multi-specialty group practice for all? (March 1, 2007)

Report to the Congress: Assessing Alternatives to the Sustainable Growth Rate System (March 1, 2007)

Testimony: Assessing Alternatives to the Sustainable Growth Rate System (March 1, 2007)

U.S. Senate, Committee on Finance

Report to the Congress: Medicare Payment Policy (March 2007)

Physician services (Chapter 2B, March 2007 report)

Outpatient dialysis services (Chapter 2C, March 2007 report)

Comment letter: CMS's proposed rule entitled: Medicare program; Revisions to payment policies under the physician fee schedule for calendar year 2007 and other changes to payment under Part B (October 11, 2006)

Comment letter: CMS's proposed rule entitled: Proposed changes to the hospital outpatient PPS and CY 2007 rates; proposed CY 2007 update to the ASC covered procedures list; and proposed changes to the ASC payment system and CY 2008 payment rates (October 10, 2006)

Contractor report: Further Analyses of Medicare Procedures Provided in Multiple Ambulatory Settings (final report, October 2006)

A study conducted for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission by RAND Health.

Contractor report: Further Analyses of Medicare Procedures Provided in Multiple Ambulatory Settings (introduction, October 2006)

Introduction to a study conducted for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission by RAND Health.

Comment letter: CMS's proposed rule entitled Medicare program; Five-year review of work relative value units under the physician fee schedule and proposed changes to the practice expense methodology (August 18, 2006)

Report to the Congress: Physician-Owned Specialty Hospitals Revisited (August 2006)

Testimony: Medicare payment to physicians (July 25, 2006)

U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Health

Testimony: MedPAC Recommendations on Imaging Services (July 18, 2006)

U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Health

Report to the Congress: Increasing the Value of Medicare (June 2006)

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Using episode groupers to assess physician resource use (Chapter 1, June 2006 report)

Care coordination in fee-for-service Medicare (Chapter 2, June 2006 report)

Keeping physicians' practice expense payment rates up to date (Chapter 4, June 2006 report)

Toward better value in purchasing outpatient therapy services (Chapter 6, June 2006 report)

Review of CMS's preliminary estimate of the physician update for 2007 (Appendix A, June 2006 report)

Report to the Congress: Medicare Payment Policy (March 2006)

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Physician services (Chapter 2B, March 2006 report)

Outpatient dialysis services (Chapter 2C, March 2006 report)

Reviewing the work relative values of physician fee schedule services (Chapter 3, March 2006 report)

Report to the Congress: Effects of Medicare Payment Changes on Oncology Services (January 2006)

Contractor report: Medicare Ambulatory Care Indicators for the Elderly: Refinement of the Access to Care for the Elderly Project Indicators (January, 2006)

A study conducted for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission by MagnaCare Health Services Improvement, Inc.

Medicare basics: Outpatient therapy services (December 28, 2005)

Testimony: Medicare payment to physicians (November 17, 2005)

U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Health

Comment letter: CMS’s proposed rule entitled: Medicare Program; Revisions to Payment Policies under the Physician Fee Schedule for Calendar Year 2006 (September 30, 2005)

Report to the Congress: Issues in a Modernized Medicare Program (June 2005)

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Contractor report: Medicare Payment for Hospital Outpatient Services: A Historical Review of Policy Options (June 2005)

A study conducted for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission by RAND Health.

Payment for dialysis (Chapter 4, June 2005 report)

Payment for pharmacy handling costs in hospital outpatient departments (Chapter 6, June 2005 report

Review of CMS's preliminary estimate of the physician update for 2006 (Chapter 9, June 2005 report)

Report to the Congress: Medicare Payment Policy (March 2005)

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Contractor report: Effects of the Implementation of Resource-Based Practice Expense Relative Value Units Under the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, 1998-2002 (March 2005)

A study conducted by The Urban Institute for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission

Physician services (Chapter 2B, March 2005 report)

Outpatient dialysis services (Chapter 2E, March 2005 report)

Testimony: Medicare payments to physicians (February 10, 2005)

Committee on Ways & Means

Report to the Congress: Certified Registered Nurse First Assistants (December 2004)

Report to the Congress: Cardiothoracic Surgeons Practice Expense (December 2004)

Report to the Congress: Eliminating Physician Referrals to Physical Therapy (December 2004)

Report to the Congress: Growth in the Volume of Physician Services (December 2004)

Report to the Congress: Impact of Resource-Based Practice Expense Payments for Physician Services (December 2004)

Contractor report: Services Provided in Multiple Ambulatory Settings: A Review of the Literature for Selected Procedures (November 2004)

A study conducted for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission by RAND Health.

Contractor report: Services Provided in Multiple Ambulatory Settings: A Comparison of Selected Procedures (November 2004)

A study conducted for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission by RAND Health.

Contractor report: Services provided in multiple ambulatory settings: A comparison of selected procedures (introduction, November 2004)

Introduction to a study for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission by RAND Health.

Comment letter: CMS's proposed rule on the Outpatient Prospective Payment System (October 7, 2004)

Comment letter: CMS's proposed policy on erythropoietin (October 6, 2004)

Comment letter: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed rule to implement provisions of the MMA that refines the payment method for ESRD services (September 24, 2004)

Report to the Congress: New Approaches in Medicare (June 2004)

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The Medicare Modernization Act and chronic care improvement (Chapter 2, June 2004 report)

Review of CMS's preliminary estimate of the physician update for 2005 (Appendix A, June 2004 report)

Report to the Congress: Medicare Payment Policy (March 2004)

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Outpatient dialysis services: Assessing payment adequacy and updating payments (Chapter 3E, March 2004 report)

Physician services: Assessing payment adequacy and updating payments (Chapter 3B, March 2004 report)

Ambulatory surgical center services: Assessing payment adequacy and updating payments (Chapter 3F, March 2004 report)

Report to the Congress: Impact of the resident caps on the supply of geriatricians (November 13, 2003)

Report to the Congress: Modernizing the outpatient dialysis payment system (October 23, 2003)

Comment letter: Study by the Agency for Health Care Research and Quality (AHRQ) on determinants of increases in Medicare expenditure for physician services (October 15, 2003)

Comment letter: Revisions to payment policies under the physician fee schedule for calendar year 2004 (October 6, 2003)

Medicare payment basics: Medicare payment to physicians for professional liability insurance (August 12, 2003)

Medicare payment basics: Geographic practice cost indexes (August 12, 2003)

Contractor report: Medicare and private payers' payment rates to physicians
(summary, August 2003)

Summary of two studies conducted for MedPAC by Direct Research, LLC and by Dyckman & Associates.

Contractor report: Explaining differences between the two MedPAC-sponsored analyses of private insurers' physician fees (August, 2003)

Contractor report: Medicare Physician Payment Rates Compared to Rates Paid by the Average Private Insurer, 1999-2001 (August 2003)

A study conducted for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission by Direct Research, LLC.

Contractor report: Survey of Health Plans Concerning Physician Fees and Payment Methodology (August 2003)

A study conducted for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission by Dyckman & Associates.

Report to the Congress: Variation and Innovation in Medicare (June 2003)

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Quality of dialysis care and providers' costs (Chapter 6, June 2003 report)

Growth and variation in use of physician services (Chapter 4, June 2003 report)

Review of CMS's estimate of the payment update for physician services (Appendix A, June 2003 report)

Report to the Congress: Medicare Payment Policy (March 2003)

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Contractor report: 2002 Survey of Physicians About the Medicare Program (March 2003)

A study conducted for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission by the Project HOPE Center for Health Affairs.

Contractor report: 2002 Survey of Physicians About the Medicare Program (summary, March 2003)

Summary of a study conducted for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission by the Project HOPE Center for Health Affairs.

Assessing payment adequacy and updating payments for physician services (Chapter 2B, March 2003 report)

Assessing payment adequacy and updating payments for outpatient dialysis services (Chapter 2E, March 2003 report)

Assessing payment adequacy and updating payments for ambulatory surgical center services (Chapter 2F, March 2003 report)

Medicare Payment to Advanced Practice Nurses and Physician Assistants (June 2002)

Medicare Coverage of Nonphysician Practitioners (June 2002)

Report to the Congress: Medicare Payment Policy (March 2002)

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Chapter 2C: Physician services

Chapter 2F: Outpatient dialysis services

Chapter 3: Paying for new technology in the outpatient prospective payment system

Report to the Congress: Medicare in Rural America (June 2001)

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Assessing payment for outpatient hospital care in rural areas (Chapter 5, June 2001 report)

Reviewing the estimated payment update for physician services (Chapter 8, June 2001 report)

Report to the Congress: Medicare Payment Policy (March 2001)

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Chapter 2: Updating payments for physician services and for care provided in hospital outpatient departments

Chapter 8: End-stage renal disease payment policies in traditional Medicare