Medicare and Medicaid
Listed below are Council on Medical Service (CMS) reports from June 1998 to the present related to Medicare and/or Medicaid. The recommendations in these reports reflect the final actions of the AMA House of Delegates and are official AMA policy.
Medicare Physician Payment Reform (Resolution 110, A-09)
CMS Report 6, A-09
The Patient-Centered Medical Home (Amendment J-3, I-08)
CMS Report 8, A-09
Medicaid Long-Term Care Financing
CMS Report 1, I-08
Emerging Medicare Physician Payment Methodologies
CMS Report 4, I-08
Improving the Medicare Economic Index
CMS Report 6, I-08
The Medicare Trust Funds
CMS Report 6, A-08
State Efforts to Expand Coverage to the Uninsured
CMS Report 3, I-07
Strategies to Strengthen the Medicare Program
CMS Report 6, I-07
No Child Left Uninsured
CMS Report 1, A-07
Strategies to Reform the Medicare Program
CMS Report 10, A-07
Health Savings Accounts for the Medicaid Population
CMS Report 1, I-06
Medicare/Medicaid Dual Eligibles
CMS Report 6, A-06
Policy Options for Addressing Medicaid Long-Term Care
CMS Report 6, I-05
State Options to Improve Coverage for the Poor
CMS Report 1, A-05
Division of Medicare into a Program for the Elderly and a Program for the Disabled
CMS Report 2, A-05
Medicare Demonstration Projects
CMS Report 3, A-05
Economic Impact of Shifts in Site of Service
CMS Report 4, A-05
Eligibility Age for Medicare Beneficiaries
CMS Report 1, I-04
Medicare Cost-Sharing
CMS Report 2, I-04
Status Report on Medicare Review Activities
CMS Report 6, I-04
Medicare Payment for Services Provided to Skilled Nursing Facility Residents in Physicians' Offices
CMS Report 1, A-04
Medical Care for Patients with Low Incomes
CMS Report 1, I-03
Restructuring Medicare for the Long Term
CMS Report 5, I-03
Status Report on Medicare Review Activities
CMS Report 6, I-03
Consolidated Home Care Payments by Medicare
CMS Report 4, A-03
Medical Care for Patients with Low Incomes
CMS Report 8, A-03
Restructuring Medicare for the Short-Term
CMS Report 9, A-03
Medicaid Spend-Down Eligibility Criteria
CMS Report 1, I-02
Medicare Payment for the Medical Direction and Supervision of Hospital-Based Clinical Laboratories
CMS Report 2, I-02
Medicare Payment for Critical Care Services
CMS Report 4, I-02
Medicare Review Activities
CMS Report 6, I-02
Hospital and Physician Payment for Uncompensated Care, Teaching, and Research
CMS Report 7, I-02
Study of State Actions to Control Pharmaceutical Costs
CMS Report 2, A-02
Coverage for Periodic Preventive Medical Evaluations and Services
CMS Report 3, A-02
Payment of Routine Care for Clinical Trial Participants
CMS Report 4, A-02
Medicare Benefits for Social Security Disability Recipients
CMS Report 6, A-02
Advocating Health Insurance Tax Credits
CMS Report 10, A-02
Medicare Pharmaceutical Benefit
CMS Report 11, A-02
Criteria for Level of Care Status
CMS Report 5, I-01
Medicare Review Activities
CMS Report 7, I-01
Consistent Use of CPT Modifiers and Guidelines for Multiple or Bilateral Procedures CMS 2, A-01
Access to Mental Health Services
CMS 9, A-01
Medicare National Physician Payment Schedule and Coordination of Benefits
CMS Report 2, I-00
Medicare Fraud Analysis
CMS Report 4, I-00
Status Report on Medicare Review Activities
CMS Report 9, I-00
Physician Responsibility for Nursing Agencies
CMS Report 1, A-00
Payment for Annual Physical Examinations and Related Preventive Services
CMS Report 7, A-00
Medicare Preoperative Medical Evaluation
CMS Report 8, A-00
Geographic Differences in Payments to Medicare+Choice Plans
CMS Report 4, I-99
The Future of Medicaid
CMS Report 5, I-99
Definition of "Medical Necessity"
CMS Report 13, I-99
Status Report on Medicare Review Programs
CMS Report 14, I-99
Medicare Physician Enrollment Process
CMS Report 15, I-99
Private Contracting by Medicare Patients
CMS Report 6, A-99
Appropriate Level Differences by Place and Type of Service
CMS Report 7, A-99
Reimbursement of Screening Bone Densitometry
CMS Report 9, A-99
Medicare Coverage for GGTP Assays as Part of Alcoholism Screening
CMS Report 10, A-99
Medicare Review Activities
CMS Report 11, A-99
Relative Value Unit Based Reimbursement
CMS Report 12, A-99
Health Plan Coverage for Over-the-Counter Drugs
CMS Report 1, I-98
Physician Risk for Long-Term Care Placement Decisions
CMS Report 9, I-98
Outpatient Pharmaceutical Coverage for Medicare Beneficiaries
CMS Report 11, I-98
Definitions of "Screening" and "Medical Necessity"
CMS Report 13, I-98
PRO Sixth Scope of Work
CMS Report 16, I-98
Medicare Patient Copayments for Outpatient Procedures
CMS Report 5, A-98
Use of Advanced Beneficiary Notices for Laboratory Tests
CMS Report 7, A-98
Separate Sources of Funding and Administration for Medicare Part A and Medicare Part B
CMS Report 10, A-98
