title: But 'twas a famous victory.
abstract: The Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1989 sets forth the basic parameters for physician payment reform. The program requires the Health Care Financing Administration to (1) set (regulate) all physicians' fees for services delivered under Part B of Medicare commencing January 1, 1992, with a four-year phase-in period, (2) limit the dollar amounts of balance billing by tying those amounts to the regulated rates, and (3) establish "Volume Performance Standard Rates of Increase" (previously known as "Expenditure Targets") as a mechanism for attempting to regulate the quantities of services delivered.
authors: A.B. Freeman School of Business, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA.
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authors: Long
mesh_terms: D005245:Fee Schedules; D007357:Insurance, Physician Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006278:Medicare / Q000639:trends*; D015442:Medicare Assignment / Q000639:trends*; D015895:Relative Value Scales; D014481:United States