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

• Context for Medicare spending (Chapter 1, March 2003 report)

• Assessing payment adequacy and updating payments in fee-for-service Medicare (Chapter 2, March 2003 report)

• Assessing payment adequacy and updating payments for hospital inpatient and outpatient services (Chapter 2A, March 2003 report)

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

• Assessing payment adequacy and updating payments for skilled nursing facility services (Chapter 2C, March 2003 report)

• Assessing payment adequacy and updating payments for home health services (Chapter 2D, 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)

• Access to care in the Medicare program (Chapter 3, March 2003 report)

• Payment for new technologies in Medicare's prospective payment system (Chapter 4, March 2003 report)

• Health insurance choices for Medicare beneficiaries (Chapter 5, March 2003 report)

• How Medicare pays for services: an overview (Appendix A, March 2003 report)

• An introduction to how Medicare makes coverage decisions (Appendix B, March 2003 report)

• Inpatient payments for rural hospitals (Appendix C, March 2003 report)

• A data book on hospital financial performance (Appendix D, March 2003 report)

• Commissioners' voting on recommendations (Appendix E, March 2003 report)