Medicare Cataract Surgery Alternate Payment Demonstration. Final EvaluationReport

摘要

The report presents the findings from the final evaluation of the MedicareCateract Surgery Alternate Payment Demonstration. The 3-year demonstration tested the concept of a single global Medicare payment for outpatient cataract procedures. The report contains a background narrative on the project, a description of the site selection process, analyses of the impact of the demonstration on participating providers, an assessment of the clnical impact of the demonstration, and a summary of lesson learned.