Payment Basics

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Payment Basics

Payment Basics is a series of brief overviews of how Medicare’s payment systems function. The Commission produces Payment Basics as a resource for policymakers and others to better understand how Medicare pays for health care services.

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Accountable care organization payment systems

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Delivery System Reforms

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Ambulance services payment system

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Ambulatory Care Settings, Regional Issues

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Ambulatory surgical center services payment system

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Ambulatory Care Settings

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Clinical laboratory services payment system

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Drugs, Devices, and Tests

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Critical access hospitals payment system

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Hospitals, Regional Issues

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Durable medical equipment payment system

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Drugs, Devices, and Tests

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Federally qualified health center and rural health clinic payment systems

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Physicians And Other Health Professionals, Regional Issues

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Home health care services payment system

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Post-Acute Care

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Hospice services payment system

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Post-Acute Care

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Hospital acute inpatient services payment system

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Hospitals

GAO makes MedPAC Commissioner appointments:

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