Concerns about Spending Target System Prompt Interest in Considering Reforms

By General Accounting Office

Book Id: WPLBN0000034438
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Reproduction Date: 2005

Title:	Concerns about Spending Target System Prompt Interest in Considering Reforms
Author:	General Accounting Office
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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

Excerpt
Excerpt: To moderate Medicare spending for physician services, the SGR system sets spending targets and adjusts physician fees based on the extent to which actual spending aligns with specified targets. If growth in the number of services provided to each beneficiary-referred to as volume-and in the average complexity and costliness of services-referred to as intensity-is high enough to cause spending to exceed the SGR target, fee updates are set lower than inflation in the cost of operating a medical practice. A wide enough gap between spending and the target results in fee reductions.