Medicare Physician Fees Geographic Adjustment Indices Are Valid in Design, But Data and Methods Need Refinement

By Grassley, Charles E., Senator

Book Id: WPLBN0000160890
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Reproduction Date: 2005

Title:	Medicare Physician Fees Geographic Adjustment Indices Are Valid in Design, But Data and Methods Need Refinement
Author:	Grassley, Charles E., Senator
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Language:	English
Subject:	Government publications, Accountability in government, United States. General Accounting Office
Collections:	Government Library Collection, Government Accountability Integrity Reliability Office Collection
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Publisher:	United States General Accounting Office (Gao)


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Government Accountability Integrity Reliability Office Collection

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Excerpt: The physician work GPCI, the practice expense GPCI, and the malpractice expense GPCI are valid in their fundamental design as tools to account for geographic cost differences. The three GPCIs as implemented appropriately reflect broad patterns of geographic differences in the costs of running a medical practice. For example, nurses? wages, which constitute a substantial share of physicians? practice expenses, vary across the nation and contribute to differences in practice expenses. (See table.)...