Medicare prospective payment and the shaping of U.S. health care. (reprint, 2006).(Brief article)(Book review)

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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