Chapter 8: Measuring Costs to Medicare
Review: Basics of Medicare Cost
A Note on Payment Standardization and Risk Adjustment
Algorithms: Measuring Evaluation and Management Payments
Algorithms: Measuring Inpatient Hospital Payments
Algorithms: Measuring Total Part A Payments
Introduction and Goals
Measuring cost is important because it gets to the heart of the sustainability of any insurance program, and Medicare is certainly no exception. It is no understatement to say that the measurement of cost in the Medicare program is a hot topic. Open any newspaper or magazine or turn on the evening news and you will see that reducing cost without negatively ...
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