HIRP Research Brief
No. 2
| Date: | JUNE 1995 | ||
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| Author: | Lynn Etheredge | ||
| Summary: | This paper considers the question of whether Congress should give Medicare the same types of authorities that are available to its private-sector competitors---particularly authorities to use new purchasing techniques---and require performance accountabilities for their use through HEDIS-like quality and health outcomes measures. |
