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Comment letter: NCQA and CMS's proposed Special Needs Plan Requirements (November 25, 2008)

A Data Book: Healthcare Spending and the Medicare Program (June 2008)

Medicare Advantage (Section 10, June 2008 Data Book)

Drugs (Section 11, June 2008 Data Book)

Comment letter: CMS's proposed rule entitled Medicare Program; Revisions to the Medicare Advantage and Prescription Drug Benefit Programs (July 14, 2008)

Contractor report: Experiences Obtaining Drugs under Part D: Focus Groups with Beneficiaries, Physicians, and Pharmacists (May 2008)

A study conducted for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission by staff from Georgetown University and from NORC at the University of Chicago

Medicare payment basics: Medicare Advantage program payment system (October 7, 2008)

Medicare payment basics: Part D payment system (October 7, 2008)

Contractor report: Facilitating Access to Medicare Part D Drug Claims Data (March 2008)

A study conducted for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission by staff from Georgetown University and from NORC at the University of Chicago

Report to the Congress: Medicare Payment Policy (March 2008)

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Update on the Medicare Advantage program (Chapter 3, March 2008 report)

Part D enrollment, benefit offerings, and plan payments (Chapter 4, March 2008 report)

Increasing participation in the Medicare Savings Programs and the low-income drug subsidy (Chapter 5, March 2008 report)

Testimony: Private Fee-for-Service Plans in Medicare Advantage (January 30, 2008)

U.S. Senate, Committee on Finance

Comment letter: NCQA and CMS's proposed Special Needs Plan Requirements (January 18, 2008)

Contractor report: Coverage and Pricing of Drugs That Can Be Covered Under Part B and Part D (October 2007)

A study conducted for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission by staff from Georgetown University and from NORC at the University of Chicago

Testimony: The Medicare Advantage Program and MedPAC Recommendations (Budget, June 28, 2007)

U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on the Budget

Report to the Congress: Promoting Greater Efficiency in Medicare (June 2007)

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Update on the Medicare Advantage program and implementing past recommendations (Chapter 3, June 2007 report)

Issues in Medicare coverage of drugs (Chapter 7, June 2007 report)

Contractor report: Medicare Part D, Nursing Homes, and Long-Term Care Pharmacies (June 2007)

A study conducted for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission by staff from Harvard Medical School

Contractor report: The Role of Beneficiary-Centered Assignment for Medicare Part D (June 2007)

A study conducted for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission by staff from Georgetown University and from NORC at the University of Chicago

Testimony: Private Fee-For-Service Plans in Medicare Advantage (May 22, 2007)

U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Health

Testimony: Improving Medicare Efficiency and Value (April 18, 2007)

U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Health

Testimony: The Medicare Advantage Program and MedPAC Recommendations (Finance, April 11, 2007)

U.S. Senate, Committee on Finance

Testimony: The Medicare Advantage Program and MedPAC Recommendations (March 21, 2007)

Report to the Congress: Medicare Payment Policy (March 2007)

Physician services (Chapter 2B, March 2007 report)

Update on Medicare private plans (Chapter 4, March 2007 report)

Comment letter: CMS's proposed rule on Medicare Part D data (December 1, 2006)

Report to the Congress: Increasing the Value of Medicare (June 2006)

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Part D plan offerings (Chapter 7, June 2006 report)

How beneficiaries learned about the drug benefit and made plan choices (Chapter 8, June 2006 report)

The Medicare Advantage program: Availability, benefits, and special needs plans (Chapter 9, June 2006 report)

Medicare Basics: Medicare Advantage benchmarks and payments compared with average Medicare fee-for-service spending (June 9, 2006)

Contractor report: Medicare Advantage Special Needs Plans Site Visits (June 2006)

A study conducted for the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission by Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.

Report to the Congress: Issues in a Modernized Medicare Program (June 2005)

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Monitoring the implementation of Part D (Chapter 1, June 2005 report)

Medicare Advantage payment areas and risk adjustment (Chapter 2, June 2005 report)

The Medicare Advantage program

Report to the Congress: Benefit Design and Cost Sharing in Medicare Advantage Plans (December 2004)

Comment letter: CMS's proposed rule on Medicare Advantage (October 4, 2004)

Comment letter: CMS's proposed rule on Medicare Part D (October 4, 2004)

Report to the Congress: New Approaches in Medicare (June 2004)

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Implementing the Medicare drug benefit: Formulary and plan transition issues (Chapter 1, June 2004 report)

Medicare Basics: M+C payment rates compared with county Medicare per capita fee-for-service spending (revised April 8, 2004)

Report to the Congress: Medicare Payment Policy (March 2004)

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Medicare+Choice payment and eligibility policy (Chapter 4, March 2004 report)

Social Health Maintenance Organization (S/HMO): Recommendations for the Future of the Demonstration (August 2003)

Comment letter: Skilled nursing facility coverage in Medicare+Choice plans (December 19, 2002)

Report to the Congress: Medicare Payment Policy (March 2002)

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Chapter 4: What next for Medicare+Choice?

Report to the Congress: Medicare in Rural America (June 2001)

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Bringing Medicare + Choice to rural America (Chapter 7, June 2001 report)

Report to the Congress: Medicare Payment Policy (March 2001)

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Chapter 7: Reconciling Medicare + Choice and fee-for-service spending