HCFA estimates 10% rate hikes for Medicare HMOs

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Health maintenance organizations are expected to receive higher Medicare payment raises than the average of 8.1% predicted for all Medicare recipients. Actuaries calculate average per-capita Medicare costs and adjust them for each county. In 1995, HMOs received a raise of 5.9%, in spite of a forecast of 10.1% in July. Republicans in Congress may dispute the Medicare increases. High costs for skilled nursing facilities are causing much of the planned increase.

HEALTH SERVICES, Health Maintenance Organizations, HMO Medical Centers, Health Programs, Public health

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Medicare to cut payments to physicians

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The Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) has decided to reduce Medicare reimbursements for primary care services by 2.3% on Jan 1, 1996. The cut is the first since the resource-based relative value scale was put into use. However, the HCFA will increase reimbursements for surgical services by 3.8% and for other nonsurgical services by 0.4%, although the rate increases are less than the usual annual increases.

Medicare B, Medicare A, Health care industry, Physicians, Medical professions

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