MEDICARE NOW AND IN THE FUTURE. (2018)
- Record Type:
- Book
- Title:
- MEDICARE NOW AND IN THE FUTURE. (2018)
- Main Title:
- MEDICARE NOW AND IN THE FUTURE.
- Other Names:
- Moon, Marilyn
- Contents:
- Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Foreword; Preface; 1: Placing Medicare in Context; Why Examine Medicare Now?; Economic Status of Older Americans; Prospects for the Future; Burdens from Health Spending; The Economic Status of Disabled Persons; The Problem of Rising Healthcare Costs; Prices; Use of Services; Medicare as Part of Federal Budget; The Specific Financing Issues Facing Medicare; Rethinking Medicare Policy; 2: Assuring Access; The Genesis; Evolution of the Legislation; Medicare and Its Goals; Expansion in 1972; Other Changes in Access; Who Gets What? Rising Burdens of Medicare Cost SharingGeographic Variation; Conclusions; 3: Containing Costs: Impacts on Providers; Sources of Growth in Medicare Spending; Changing Medicare's Relationship with Providers; Hospitals Take the First Hit; How PPS Works; The Immediate Response in Delivery of Care; Impacts on Hospitals; Impact on Medicare Administration; Changes to Improve Hospital Payment; Physician Payment Reform; Details of the Medicare Fee Schedule; The Impact of the Fee Schedule; Other Provider Changes; Home Health Services; Skilled Nursing Facility Care; Health Maintenance Organizations Conclusions4: Containing Costs: Impacts on Beneficiaries; Direct Changes in Beneficiary Cost Sharing; Sources of Higher Beneficiary Burdens; Offsetting Reductions in Beneficiary Burdens; Distribution of the Impact; PPS and Indirect Burdens on Beneficiaries; Effects of Shorter Hospital Stays; Shifting theCover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Foreword; Preface; 1: Placing Medicare in Context; Why Examine Medicare Now?; Economic Status of Older Americans; Prospects for the Future; Burdens from Health Spending; The Economic Status of Disabled Persons; The Problem of Rising Healthcare Costs; Prices; Use of Services; Medicare as Part of Federal Budget; The Specific Financing Issues Facing Medicare; Rethinking Medicare Policy; 2: Assuring Access; The Genesis; Evolution of the Legislation; Medicare and Its Goals; Expansion in 1972; Other Changes in Access; Who Gets What? Rising Burdens of Medicare Cost SharingGeographic Variation; Conclusions; 3: Containing Costs: Impacts on Providers; Sources of Growth in Medicare Spending; Changing Medicare's Relationship with Providers; Hospitals Take the First Hit; How PPS Works; The Immediate Response in Delivery of Care; Impacts on Hospitals; Impact on Medicare Administration; Changes to Improve Hospital Payment; Physician Payment Reform; Details of the Medicare Fee Schedule; The Impact of the Fee Schedule; Other Provider Changes; Home Health Services; Skilled Nursing Facility Care; Health Maintenance Organizations Conclusions4: Containing Costs: Impacts on Beneficiaries; Direct Changes in Beneficiary Cost Sharing; Sources of Higher Beneficiary Burdens; Offsetting Reductions in Beneficiary Burdens; Distribution of the Impact; PPS and Indirect Burdens on Beneficiaries; Effects of Shorter Hospital Stays; Shifting the Site of Service; Effects of Less Inpatient Care; Quality of Care; Medicare Physician Payment Reform and Quality; HMOs and Quality; Peer Review Organizations; Using Effectiveness Studies to Improve Quality; Program Satisfaction; Conclusions; 5: The Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act Recognizing the Need for Catastrophic ProtectionSetting the Stage for the Legislation; Evolution of the Legislation; Defining the Benefits; Financing; The Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act: Passage and Repeal; Overall Beneficiary Impact; Winners and Losers; The Beginning of the End; Repeal; Lessons for Health Policy; Politics of the Supplemental Premium; Lessons for Medicare's Future; Conclusions; 6: Marginal Changes and the Future; Restructuring Cost Sharing; Cost-Containment Strategies; Hospitals; Physicians; Other Changes in Provider Payments; HMOs and Other Managed-Care Approaches Effectiveness StudiesCuts Directed at Beneficiaries; Modest Benefit Expansions; Administrative Simplifications; Hospice Care and the Last Year of Life; Preventive Services; Conclusions; 7: Reducing the Cost of Medicare; Shifting Risks; Balancing Choice and Risk; Vouchers; Capitated Care Options; Reducing Coverage; Making Medicare the Insurer of Last Resort; Substantially Increasing Medicare's Premium; Taxing the Value of Medicare Benefits; Limiting Eligibility; Increasing the Age of Eligibility; Age Rationing; Means Testing Medicare; Conclusions; 8: Expanding Medicare; Improving Acute Care … (more)
- Publisher Details:
- Place of publication not identified : ROUTLEDGE
- Publication Date:
- 2018
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (1 volume.)
- Subjects:
- 368.42600973
Medicare
Medicare -- Finance
Health care reform -- United States
Health care reform
Medicare
Medicare -- Finance
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Insurance / Risk Assessment & Management
United States
Electronic books - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9780429450785
0429450788
9780429834738 - Related ISBNs:
- 1138324590
9781138324596
042983473X - Notes:
- Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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