9780801888557
Medicare prospective payment and the shaping of U.S. health care.
(reprint, 2006)
Mayes, Rick and Robert A. Berenson.
Johns Hopkins U. Press
2008
245 pages
$25.00
Paperback
RA412
In this examination of Medicare payment reforms, Mayes (public
policy, U. of Richmond; U. of Caifornia-Berkeley School of Public
Health) and Berenson (Urban Institute) trace the history of the federal
government's leading catalyst for restructuring the US health care
system from one dominated by providers to one putting the government in
charge. They point out that, ironically, the new prospective payment
system was instituted by the "anti-big government" Reagan
administration in the early 1980s. A list of the policymakers
interviewed is appended. Portions of the text appeared in recent issues
of health policy journals. Dr. Berenson was formerly in charge of
Medicare payment policy and managed care contracting. This is a
paperback reprint of the original 2006 cloth edition.
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