March 2003 Report to the Congress: Medicare Payment Policy
Chapters
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Chapter 1: Context for Medicare spending (March 2003 report)
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Chapter 2: Assessing payment adequacy and updating payments in fee-for-service Medicare (March 2003 report)
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Chapter 2A: Assessing payment adequacy and updating payments for hospital inpatient and outpatient services (March 2003 report)
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Chapter 2B: Assessing payment adequacy and updating payments for physician services (March 2003 report)
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Chapter 2C: Assessing payment adequacy and updating payments for skilled nursing facility services (March 2003 report)
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Chapter 2D: Assessing payment adequacy and updating payments for home health services (March 2003 report)
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Chapter 2E: Assessing payment adequacy and updating payments for outpatient dialysis services (March 2003 report)
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Chapter 2F: Assessing payment adequacy and updating payments for ambulatory surgical center services (March 2003 report)
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Chapter 3: Access to care in the Medicare program (March 2003 report)
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Chapter 4: Payment for new technologies in Medicare's prospective payment system (March 2003 report)
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Chapter 5: Health insurance choices for Medicare beneficiaries (March 2003 report)
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Appendix A: How Medicare pays for services: An overview (March 2003 report)
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Appendix B: An introduction to how Medicare makes coverage decisions (March 2003 report)
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Appendix C: Inpatient payments for rural hospitals (March 2003 report)
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Appendix D: A data book on hospital financial performance (March 2003 report)
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Appendix E: Commissioners' voting on recommendations (March 2003 report)
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