Medicare overbilling refers to the phenomenon that providers report more and/or higher-intensity service codes than actually delivered to receive higher Medicare reimbursement. We propose a novel and easy-to-implement approach to detect potential overbilling based on the hours worked implied by...

We examine the response of physicians to a series of changes in their national fee schedule designed to support the provision of higher quality healthcare. We evaluate the impact of these changes on total medical expenditures, the volume of services, and fees charged in a setting where doctors...

I investigate how office-based physicians respond to Medicare reimbursement changes. Using variation from an Affordable Care Act policy that increased reimbursements in four states, I run a difference-in-difference analysis comparing physicians with higher reimbursement increases to those with...

Medicare over billing refers to the phenomenon that providers report more and/or higher intensity service codes than actually delivered to receive higher Medicare reimbursement. We propose a novel and easy-to-implement approach to detect potential over billing based on the hours worked implied...