On April 9, 2003 the U.S. congressional Subcommittee on Health (part of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce) heard testimony from various witnesses on the topic “Strengthening and Improving Medicare.”

Since that time, the Medicare Modernization Act (MMA ) was passed to extend the life of Medicare programming. Part of this legislation involved the passage of Part D (Prescription Drug Insurance). Another significant part of this legislation involved various Pay For Performance (P4P) incentives. In this project you will read the short paper on Medicare Reform. Then you will search the Internet and Online Library for at least 3 articles (2003 or newer) summarizing recent legislation/changes related to Medicare Part A-D programming.

The following document is a report on Medicare Reform to be used in this assignment, Clickhere.

Part 1: Summarize and share witness testimony

Your job is to summarize and synthesize the most recent Medicare related legislation from the articles located and analyze what impact this will have on the involved stakeholders (i.e., patients, providers, third-party payers).

Part 2 :Provide a forecast for Medicare Reform

Include a prediction of how this Medicare legislation will impact the life of the Medicare program. Lastly, you must propose at least 1 change to the current Medicare legislation that will extend the life of the program beyond 2026.

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