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Rural Health Policy and the Balanced Budget Act of 1997
January 30, 1998 Author: Keith J. Mueller, Ph.D.
Table of Contents:
Medicare: Payment Changes May Open Floodgates
Medicare Managed Care Enrollment by Payment Rate
The Changes in the Budget Act
Effects in Nebraska
PPT Slide
Provider Sponsored Organizations: A Chance for Rural?
PSO’s (2)
Current Issues in PSO Regulation
Hospital Flexibility Program
Other Medicare Changes
The Future for Medicare
The Future for Medicare (cont.)
Ah, But Then There is the Present
Ah, But Then There is the Present (cont.)
More in Payment Changes
Some Positives in Payment
Child Health Insurance in the 1997 Legislation
Child Health Insurance in the 1997 Legislation (cont.)
Changes in Medicaid, Balanced Budget Act of 1997
Grease the Skids: Federal Appropriations in Current FY
Conclusions
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