Jove
Visualize
Contact Us
JoVE
x logofacebook logolinkedin logoyoutube logo
ABOUT JoVE
OverviewLeadershipBlogJoVE Help Center
AUTHORS
Publishing ProcessEditorial BoardScope & PoliciesPeer ReviewFAQSubmit
LIBRARIANS
TestimonialsSubscriptionsAccessResourcesLibrary Advisory BoardFAQ
RESEARCH
JoVE JournalMethods CollectionsJoVE Encyclopedia of ExperimentsArchive
EDUCATION
JoVE CoreJoVE BusinessJoVE Science EducationJoVE Lab ManualFaculty Resource CenterFaculty Site
Terms & Conditions of Use
Privacy Policy
Policies

Related Experiment Videos

Payment areas for physician services.

G C Pope1, K Merrell

  • 1Health Economics Research, Inc., Waltham, MA 02154.

Inquiry : a Journal of Medical Care Organization, Provision and Financing
|January 1, 1992
PubMed
Summary
This summary is machine-generated.

Related Concept Videos

You might also read

Related Articles

Articles linked to this work by shared authors, journal, and citation graph.

Sort by
Same author

Economic effect of restaurant smoking restrictions on restaurant business in Massachusetts, 1992 to 1998.

Tobacco control·2002
Same author

Prevalence, expenditures, utilization, and payment for persons with MS in insured populations.

Neurology·2002
Same author

Using diagnoses to describe populations and predict costs.

Health care financing review·2001
Same author

Principal inpatient diagnostic cost group model for Medicare risk adjustment.

Health care financing review·2001
Same author

Medicaid managed care in Chicago: changes in utilization.

Journal of health care for the poor and underserved·2000
Same author

Specialty differences in the care of older patients with diabetes.

Medical care·2000
Same journal

Designing Care Beyond the Hospital: Revealing Hidden Care Demands in Hospital-At-Home Services.

Inquiry : a journal of medical care organization, provision and financing·2026
Same journal

Fundamental Values in Nursing Care: The Person's Perspective.

Inquiry : a journal of medical care organization, provision and financing·2026
Same journal

Network Analysis of Healthcare Worker Burnout: Organizational Factors Show Highest Centrality.

Inquiry : a journal of medical care organization, provision and financing·2026
Same journal

Corrigendum to: "A Systematic Review on the Effectiveness of the Cure Violence Approach".

Inquiry : a journal of medical care organization, provision and financing·2026
Same journal

Nurse Influencers: The Digital Performance of Care, Professional Identity, and the Commodification of Empathy-An Integrative Narrative Review.

Inquiry : a journal of medical care organization, provision and financing·2026
Same journal

Digital Access and Primary Care Use in Chronic Disease Management: Preliminary Evidence From Three Caribbean Cities in Colombia.

Inquiry : a journal of medical care organization, provision and financing·2026
See all related articles

Accurately defining Medicare physician payment areas is crucial. This study evaluates geographic configurations for tracking input price variations across counties, balancing accuracy with complexity.

Area of Science:

  • Health economics
  • Healthcare policy
  • Physician payment systems

Background:

  • The Medicare Fee Schedule relies on defined geographic payment areas for physician services.
  • Accurate geographic definitions are essential for reflecting local input price variations.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To analyze the accuracy of alternative geographic configurations for tracking physician practice input price differences among U.S. counties.
  • To discuss the tradeoffs between accuracy, complexity of payment areas, and payment disparities.

Main Methods:

  • Comparative analysis of different county-based geographic configurations.
  • Evaluation of how well each configuration captures input price variations.

Main Results:

Related Experiment Videos

  • Certain geographic configurations more accurately reflect input price differences than others.
  • Increased complexity in payment areas can lead to tradeoffs in accuracy and payment equity.

Conclusions:

  • The choice of geographic payment areas significantly impacts the accuracy of Medicare physician payment.
  • Optimizing payment area design requires balancing the precise measurement of input prices with administrative feasibility and fairness.