Many Medicare Demos Do Not Reduce Spending, CBO Reports
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Medicare demonstration projects may need more careful design to meet cost-saving goals, says the Congressional Budget Office. Better methods to evaluate the success of demos are also necessary, the budget office argues in a January 2012 report.
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