and medicare. medicare shouldn't pay for care that someone else is libel for and states can recoop when others are liable. but for pediatric care, the law required states to pay promptly and chase other sources of payment later. this is to ensure children, infants and pregnant woman get access to care promptly with no delay. the law was changing said to say states must delay for 90 days while they choice other potential sources. congress would be outraged if anyone proposed delaying the pay to medicare physicians for a service provide. i am afraid it will harm access to care for children and discourage thoses from participating in the program. can you com on this? >> we are looking at the barriers that prevent more primary care and specialist to participate in the program. we learned that payment delays and inability to get payments processed is one of the issues doctors raise about why they are unwilling to participate. so one needs to look at a delay in payment and it it would affect the access t

and medicare advantage spending. we begin with fee for service expenditures which accounted for 73% of total medicare pending growth. slowed from 4.3% in 2011 to 2.7% in 2012. the slower growth fee for service spending was due to several factors including decline in spending due to one time payment reduction to recalibrate payments in 2012 following a large increase in payments in 2011 corresponding to the introduction of the new payment system for these type of facilities. also contributing with slower growth due to increased use of lower cost generic drugs when blockbusters went off patent in 2011 and 2012. the a.c.a. reduced payment updates in 2012 for all part a and most part b providers. this was contributing to the slow down for fee for service spending. then taking a look at the medicare advantage program, we see that spending increased 10.9% which is acceleration from the 7.0% in 2011. faster growth in the m.a. program was driven by 10% increase in enrollment. the 4.1% increase, over half the increase can be

and medicare advantage spending. we begin with fee for service expenditures which accounted for 73% of total medicare pending growth. slowed from 4.3% in 2011 to 2.7% in 2012. the slower growth fee for service spending was due to several factors including decline in spending due to one time payment reduction to recalibrate payments in 2012 following a large increase in payments in 2011 corresponding to the introduction of the new payment system for these type of facilities. also contributing with slower growth due to increased use of lower cost generic drugs when blockbusters went off patent in 2011 and 2012. the a.c.a. reduced payment updates in 2012 for all part a and most part b providers. this was contributing to the slow down for fee for service spending. then taking a look at the medicare advantage program, we see that spending increased 10.9% which is acceleration from the 7.0% in 2011. faster growth in the m.a. program was driven by 10% increase in enrollment. the 4.1% increase, over half the increase can be

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medicare. in addition it looks to us like the magnitude of the adjustment is too large. finally, it is not directed only at isolated providers. hospitals within close proximity of critical access can qualify for the low volume adjustment. some hospitals white community hospitals can double dip to get special payments in also low-volume payments as well. >> i will commend you for putting forward the criteria you referenced in your testimony. i believe it will be helpful as we consider the extenders. doctor, is there a similar set of the established criteria by witchhunt to waive the medicaid extenders' against current benefit that the policy delivers to beneficiaries? if not how you take into consideration issues of cost that mitt pact is advocating? >> we are a much newer by the they and medpac so we are looking at the criteria of the various policies. one is sufficient need -- judaism as she effectiveness and reduce complexity so we would get these extenders in terms of their rule but we just

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