Trends in Special Medicare Payments and Service Utilization for Rural Areas in the 1990s
ResearchPublished 2002
This report analyzes four types of special payments that Medicare has been making to rural hospitals and physicians. These special payments are intended to support the rural health care infrastructure to help ensure access to care for Medicare beneficiaries. The research provides a comprehensive overview of these payments, including documentation of the supply of providers, trends in payments, and Medicare costs per beneficiary.
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- Year: 2002
- Print Format: Paperback
- Paperback Pages: 209
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- Paperback ISBN/EAN: 978-0-8330-3213-3
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.7249/MR1595
- Document Number: MR-1595-CMS
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Farley, Donna O., Lisa R. Shugarman, Pat Taylor, Moira Inkelas, J. Scott Ashwood, Feng Zeng, and Katherine M. Harris, Trends in Special Medicare Payments and Service Utilization for Rural Areas in the 1990s, RAND Corporation, MR-1595-CMS, 2002. As of September 24, 2024: https://www.rand.org/pubs/monograph_reports/MR1595.html
Farley, Donna O., Lisa R. Shugarman, Pat Taylor, Moira Inkelas, J. Scott Ashwood, Feng Zeng, and Katherine M. Harris, Trends in Special Medicare Payments and Service Utilization for Rural Areas in the 1990s. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 2002. https://www.rand.org/pubs/monograph_reports/MR1595.html. Also available in print form.
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