Trends in Medicare Service Volume for Cataract Surgery and the Impact of the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To calculate the associations between Medicare payment and service volume for complex and noncomplex cataract surgeries.

Data sources

The 2005-2009 CMS Part B National Summary Data Files, CMS Part B Carrier Summary Data Files, and the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule.

Study design

Conducting a retrospective, longitudinal analysis using a fixed-effects model of Medicare Part B carriers representing all 50 states and the District of Columbia from 2005 to 2009, we calculated the Medicare payment-service volume elasticities for noncomplex (CPT 66984) and complex (CPT 66982) cataract surgeries.

Data extraction

Service volume data were extracted from the CMS Part B National Summary and Carrier Summary Data Files. Payment data were extracted from the Medicare

SUBMITTER: Gong D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5517675 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature