Association Between the Declining Conversion Factor and Access to Care for Medicare Beneficiaries

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Examines the impact of the inflation-adjusted conversion factor and reduced reimbursement on Medicare beneficiaries' access to care. Utilizes 2005-2023 Medicare fee-for-service data from 4,662,729 unique beneficiaries and provides data breakdowns on conversion factor values and care utilization according to community income, area deprivation index, and urbanicity.

Eric W. Christensen, Alexandra R. Drake, Gregory N. Nicola, et al.

INQUIRY: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing, 63

07/2026

Access · Medicare · Policy · Reimbursement and payment models · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data