Trends in Special Medicare Payments and Service Utilization for Rual Areas in the 19990s
Publisher: RAND Corporation
Published: December 25, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9780833032133
Subjects: Health systems & services; Welfare & benefit systems; Military - United States; Medical / Nursing; History; Rural hospitals; Military; USA; Prospective payment; Medicaid & Medicare; Non-Classifiable; Public Policy - Social Services & Welfare; Political Science; Cost control; Medicare; Rural health services
First sentence: The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS, formerly the Health Care Financing Administration) contracted with RAND to analyze special payments that Medicare has been making to rural providers and the implications for access and costs of care for rural Medicare beneficiaries.