A Model to Simulate Alternative Medicare Physician Reimbursement Methods

M. Susan Marquis, Don Henry, Daniel Byrne, Paul B. Ginsburg, Peter McMenamin, Robert F. Teitel

ResearchPublished 1986

This Note describes a microcomputer model developed for the Congressional Research Service to simulate the effects of changing the way physicians are reimbursed for services provided to Medicare beneficiaries. The model allows the user to investigate the effects on Medicare expenditures, on providers, and on beneficiaries of replacing the current Medicare physician reimbursement system with a fee schedule. It presents some illustrative results, using data from two states, to compare the effects of a fee schedule based on current allowed charges and one based on estimates of resource costs.

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Marquis, M. Susan, Don Henry, Daniel Byrne, Paul B. Ginsburg, Peter McMenamin, and Robert F. Teitel, A Model to Simulate Alternative Medicare Physician Reimbursement Methods, RAND Corporation, N-2415-CRS, 1986. As of September 12, 2024: https://www.rand.org/pubs/notes/N2415.html
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Marquis, M. Susan, Don Henry, Daniel Byrne, Paul B. Ginsburg, Peter McMenamin, and Robert F. Teitel, A Model to Simulate Alternative Medicare Physician Reimbursement Methods. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 1986. https://www.rand.org/pubs/notes/N2415.html. Also available in print form.
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