New directions for Medicare payment systems.
This overview discusses articles published in this issue of the Health Care Financing Review, entitled "Medicare Payment Systems: Moving Toward the Future." These articles focus on the ongoing development of Medicare payment methodologies, their adoption by non-Medicare payers, and issues to be addressed in the development of all-payer systems based on these methodologies.
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