June 2001 Report to the Congress: Medicare in Rural America
Chapters
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Chapter 1: Medicare and rural health care: Overview and challenges for policymakers (June 2001 report)
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Chapter 2: Rural beneficiaries' access to care (June 2001 report)
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Chapter 3: Quality of care in rural areas (June 2001 report)
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Chapter 4: Improving payment for inpatient hospital care in rural areas (June 2001 report)
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Chapter 5: Assessing payment for outpatient hospital care in rural areas (June 2001 report)
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Chapter 6: Prospective payment for home health care in rural areas (June 2001 report)
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Chapter 7: Bringing Medicare+Choice to rural America (June 2001 report)
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Chapter 8: Reviewing the estimated payment update for physician services (June 2001 report)
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Appendix A: Clinically based indicators of access to care for Medicare beneficiaries (June 2001 report)
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Appendix B: Summary of Medicare's special payment provisions for rural providers and criteria for qualification (June 2001 report)
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Appendix C: Financial performance of rural hospitals and the value of special payment policies (June 2001 report)
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Appendix D: Commissioners' voting on recommendations (June 2001 report)
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