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Nov 18, 2025 / Payment Basics

Critical access hospitals payment system

Research Areas:

Hospitals, Regional Issues

Nov 18, 2025 / Payment Basics

Federally qualified health center and rural health clinic payment systems

Research Areas:

Physicians And Other Health Professionals, Regional Issues

Jul 18, 2025 / Contractor Reports

Beneficiary and Clinician Perspectives on Medicare and Other Issues: Findings from 2025 Focus Groups in St. Louis, Missouri, and 2021–2025 Rural Focus Groups

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Beneficiaries and Coverage, Drugs, Devices, and Tests, Physicians And Other Health Professionals, Private Plans, Quality

Jun 12, 2025 / Reports

June 2025 Report to the Congress: Medicare and the Health Care Delivery System

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Beneficiaries and Coverage, Drugs, Devices, and Tests, Hospitals, Medicare Spending and Financing, Physicians And Other Health Professionals, Post-Acute Care, Private Plans, Quality, Regional Issues

Jun 12, 2025 / Chapters

Executive summary (June 2025 report)

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Beneficiaries and Coverage, Drugs, Devices, and Tests, Hospitals, Medicare Spending and Financing, Physicians And Other Health Professionals, Post-Acute Care, Private Plans, Quality, Regional Issues

Jun 12, 2025 / Chapters

Chapter 6: Medicare’s measurement of rural provider quality (June 2025 report)

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Physicians And Other Health Professionals, Quality, Regional Issues

Apr 15, 2025 / Transcripts

April 2025 public meeting transcript

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Ambulatory Care Settings, Beneficiaries and Coverage, Drugs, Devices, and Tests, Physicians And Other Health Professionals, Post-Acute Care, Private Plans, Regional Issues

Apr 11, 2025 / Presentations

Exploring the effect of Medicare Advantage on rural hospitals

Research Areas:

Hospitals, Private Plans, Regional Issues

Mar 07, 2025 / Transcripts

March 2025 public meeting transcript

Research Areas:

Beneficiaries and Coverage, Delivery System Reforms, Hospitals, Medicare Spending and Financing, Physicians And Other Health Professionals, Post-Acute Care, Private Plans, Regional Issues