Medicare Payment

Important Resources

• Leave Behind
  Fix the Flawed Medicare Payment Formula

Reports

• 2005 Medicare Trustees Report
  (in PDF format)
• CMS letter to MedPAC on 2006 Physician Fee Schedule Update
  (March 2005) (in PDF format)
• Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) Reports (All in PDF format)
• MedPAC 2006 Report
  Chapter 2 (specifically 2B Physician services)
• MedPAC 2006 Report
  Chapter 3
• MedPAC Testimony
  November 17, 2005 on physician payment before health E&C
• 2006 Medicare Physician Payment
  (March 2005)
• Pay-For-Performance
  (March 2005)
• Government Accountability Office (GAO) (All in PDF format)
• Report on geographic Adjustments
  (March 2005)
• Report on reforming Physician Payment
  (February 2005)
• Report on trends in Utilization
  (January 2005)
• Report on physician Payment
  (October 2004)

Legislative Activities

• Alliance of Specialty Medicine Testimony before the House Ways and Means Committee on SGR and Pay-For-Performance
  (2/10/05) (in PDF format)
• Alliance of Specialty Medicine 2006 Issue Brief on the SGR
• New York Times Article on P4P
  AMA agreement (in PDF format)
• CMS Summary of PVRP