Fee-for-Service Plans - Legislation & jurisprudence
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

2007 survey of radiologists: source of income and impact of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005.

30 May 2009 A 2007 survey obtained information that facilitates estimates of the impact of the newly in effect Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (DRA) and upcoming antimarkup legislation. The survey was a stratified random sample survey of ACR radiologist members ... Read more...

Changes in the Medicare home health care market: the impact of reimbursement policy.

27 Feb 2009 BACKGROUND: The Balanced Budget Act of 1997 introduced 2 new reimbursement structures, the Interim Payment System (IPS, 1997-2000) and the Prospective Payment System (PPS, begun October 2000) for Medicare home health agencies (HHAs) under the ... Read more...

Medicare Program; revisions to the Medicare Advantage and Prescription Drug Benefit programs. Interim final rule with comment period.

16 Sep 2008 This interim final rule with comment period (IFC) revises the regulations governing the Medicare Advantage (MA) program (Part C), prescription drug benefit program (Part D) and section 1876 cost plans. This IFC makes conforming changes to the MA ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Fee-for-Service Plans - Legislation & jurisprudence'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• [Conversation with Federal Health Administrator Ulla Schmidt. Physician payment will increase by about 4 billion (interview by Wolfgang van den Bergh and Bulent Erdogan)] 21 Jul 2009
• Healthcare reform. 29 Jun 2009
• 2007 survey of radiologists: source of income and impact of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005. 30 May 2009
• California court bans emergency physician balance billing: Emergency physicians decry major blow to beleaguered emergency care safety net. 30 May 2009
• Medicare and HMOs--the search for accountability. 12 May 2009
• Changes in the Medicare home health care market: the impact of reimbursement policy. 27 Feb 2009
• Significantly expanded anti-markup rule goes into effect January 1, 2009. 30 Dec 2008
• Top 10 risk areas for physician practices. 30 Oct 2008
• Medicare Program; revisions to the Medicare Advantage and Prescription Drug Benefit programs. Interim final rule with comment period. 16 Sep 2008
• [Private doctor billing of MRT services for orthopedics] 29 Jun 2008
• Medicare program; appeals of CMS or CMS contractor determinations when a provider or supplier fails to meet the requirements for Medicare billing privileges. Final rule. 25 Jun 2008
• Plea to end fee-for-service plans. Providers say flaws in Medicare plan too costly. 2 Feb 2008
• Legally speaking: much anticipated Stark law Phase III final rule issued by CMS. 30 Oct 2007
• Physicians, payments, and practices: moral issues, public perceptions, and the Stark laws. 30 Oct 2007
• Plans enjoy short red light. But lifting marketing ban has advocates concerned. 29 Sep 2007
• The battle over SCHIP. 4 Sep 2007
• Insurance imbroglio. Medicare Advantage self-regulation won't cut it: critics. 23 Jun 2007
• Level the playing field. It is time to end the advantage of Medicare managed care. 26 May 2007
• Docs vs. insurers. AMA spars with AHIP over Medicare Advantage. 26 May 2007
• CMS tries cash this time. New quality reporting program has financial incentives. 7 Apr 2007

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Technical information about 'Fee-for-Service Plans'

Definition: Method of charging whereby a physician or other practitioner bills for each encounter or service rendered. In addition to physicians, other health care professionals are reimbursed via this mechanism. Fee-for-service plans contrast with salary, per capita, and prepayment systems, where the payment does not change with the number of services actually used or if none are used. (From Discursive Dictionary of Health Care, 1976)

Descriptor UI: D018588

Alternative terms: Fee-for-Service Plans; Fee for Service Plans; Fee-for-Service Plan; Plan, Fee-for-Service; Plans, Fee-for-Service; Fees for Service; Fees for Services; Service, Fees for; Services, Fees for; Fee for Service; Fee for Services; Service, Fee for; Services, Fee for; Reimbursement, Fee-for-Service; Fee-for-Service Reimbursement; Fee-for-Service Reimbursements; Reimbursement, Fee for Service; Reimbursements, Fee-for-Service; Fee-for-Service, Medical; Fee for Service, Medical; Fee-for-Services, Medical; Medical Fee-for-Service; Medical Fee-for-Services;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; history; legislation & jurisprudence; organization & administration; standards; trends; utilization; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: N03.219.442.195; N03.219.521.710.305.090; N04.452.758.745.225;

Online Note: use FEES, MEDICAL to search FEE FOR SERVICE, MEDICAL 1982-94

History Note: 95; FEE FOR SERVICE, MEDICAL was see FEES, MEDICAL 1982-94