Number: RL30526
Title: Medicare Payment Policies
Authors: Paulette C. Morgan, Coordinator, Domestic Social Policy Division 
Abstract: This report provides an explanation of Medicare's policies for reimbursing providers of services to beneficiaries. Organized by type of service (such as physician services, hospital inpatient and outpatient services, home health care, skilled nursing facility services, and preventive care), the report describes the reimbursement policy currently in effect, provides a summary of the basic rules for updating the payment amounts, and provides the most recent update for each category of service.
Pages: 58
Date: November 4, 2008