March 1999 Report to the Congress: Medicare Payment Policy
Chapters
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Chapter 1: A framework for considering Medicare payment policy issues (March 1999 report)
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Chapter 2: Medicare+Choice: A program in transition (March 1999 report)
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Chapter 3: Updating and reforming prospective payment for hospital inpatient care (March 1999 report)
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Chapter 4: Providers exempt from the acute care prospective payment system (March 1999 report)
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Chapter 5: Post-acute care providers (Moving toward prospective payment) (March 1999 report)
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Chapter 6: Changing Medicare's payment systems for ambulatory care facilities (March 1999 report)
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Chapter 7: Continuing reform of Medicare payment to physicians (March 1999 report)
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Chapter 8: Updating the composite rate for outpatient dialysis services (March 1999 report)
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Appendix A: Determining Medicare+Choice payment rates (March 1999 report)
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Appendix B: Determining risk scores under the interim risk adjustment system for Medicare+Choice (March 1999 report)
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Appendix C: Scientific and technological advances for inpatient hospital services (March 1999 report)
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Appendix D: Analysis of hospital productivity and product change (March 1999 report)
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Appendix E: Simulation of Conversion Factor Updates for Physicians’ Services (March 1999 report)
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