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JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute 1999 91(17):1444-1445; doi:10.1093/jnci/91.17.1444
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Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Vol. 91, No. 17, 1444-1445, September 1, 1999
© 1999 Oxford University Press

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An End to Outpatient Chemotherapy? Medicare Takes Aim At Reimbursement

Jennifer Roemer

The nation's hospitals are bracing for a potential 5.7% decrease in Medicare reimbursement for outpatient procedures, including chemotherapy, which is administered in outpatient settings about 90% of the time.

In another attempt to salvage the beleaguered Medicare system, the Health Care Financing Administration is proposing the cutbacks as part of the "Prospective Payment System for Hospital Outpatient Services."

The new payment system (see News, August 4) would go into effect next year and HCFA, which administers Medicare for the nation's elderly, hopes it will hold down Medicare expenditures by 2002 in compliance with the 1997 Balanced Budget Act. Between 1996 . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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