PPRC study resurrects behavioral offset question

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Actuaries predicted that physicians who experienced cuts in their Medicare fees would compensate by increasing their volume of services. Analysis of actual data presented to the US Physician Payment Review Commission showed that volume increased, but by a smaller margin than predicted. The method, called the behavior offset, was used to estimate Medicare savings. Many doctors expressed anger with the standards used by the Health Care Financing Administration in applying the relative value scale payment system.

Admin. of social & manpower programs, Reports, Compensation and benefits, United States. Physician Payment Review Commission

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Physicians sought for Medicare carrier advisory panels

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Doctors may influence Medicare carriers' decisions by volunteering for state Physicians Advisory Committees, as recommended by the Advisory Committee on Medicare-Physician Relationships. Duties of state groups include identifying conflicts of administration between Medicare and peer review organizations; solving problems between physicians and carriers; expressing physicians' attitudes on health care issues; and bringing information about Medicare decisions to other doctors.

Admin. of public health programs, Services

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