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25 Mar 2014, 7:13 am by Debra A. McCurdy
MedPAC and MACPAC have issued reports to Congress making Medicare and Medicaid payment policy recommendations, respectively. [read post]
25 Mar 2014, 6:44 am by Debra A. McCurdy
Note that while MedPAC’s recommendations are not binding, Congress and CMS often take into account MedPAC’s assessments when updating Medicare payment policies. [read post]
5 Mar 2014, 5:05 am by Debra A. McCurdy
The FTC is holding a workshop on health care competition, MedPAC is meeting this week to address a variety of Medicare payment policies, and FDA Is meeting to discuss modernizing over-the-counter drug reviews. [read post]
3 Mar 2014, 2:47 pm by Debra A. McCurdy
On March 6-7, 2014, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) is meeting to discuss a number of Medicare payment and policy issues, including: site-neutral payments for select conditions treated in inpatient rehabilitation facilities and skilled nursing facilities; developing payment policies to promote the use of services based on clinical evidence; measuring quality in Medicare delivery systems; payment for primary care; aligning Medicare benchmarks across payment models; and… [read post]
6 Jan 2014, 9:34 am
And that percentage only seems to be rising, according to research undertaken by MedPAC, the government Medicare watchdog group. [read post]
19 Dec 2013, 7:34 am by Jerri Lynn Ward, J.D.
–  “The House of Representatives passed a 3-month patch late Thursday to stabilize physicians’ Medicare payments — delaying dramatic cuts scheduled for 2014 — while Congress works on a permanent repeal of Medicare’s sustainable growth rate (SGR) payment formula. [read post]
3 Sep 2013, 10:49 am by Debra A. McCurdy
CMS declined to include other vascular conditions, as recommended by MedPAC, because many of those procedures are now performed on an outpatient basis. [read post]
28 Aug 2013, 6:20 am by Debra A. McCurdy
MedPAC has released its 2013 Data Book on Health Care Spending and the Medicare Program. [read post]
27 Aug 2013, 8:03 am by Debra A. McCurdy
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) has released its 2013 Data Book on Health Care Spending and the Medicare Program. [read post]
27 Jun 2013, 3:44 am by Debra A. McCurdy
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) has released its June 2013 Report to the Congress on Medicare and the Health Care Delivery System. [read post]
17 Jun 2013, 2:01 am by Jon Gelman
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC)  releases its June 2013 Report to the Congress: Medicare and the Health Care Delivery System. [read post]
30 May 2013, 10:34 am by S2KM Limited
” The IPAB reports will be submitted to MedPAC, HHS, the President and Congress. [read post]
28 Mar 2013, 7:04 am by Debra A. McCurdy
Note that while MedPAC’s recommendations are not binding, Congress and CMS often take into account MedPAC’s assessments when updating Medicare payment policies. [read post]
1 Jan 2013, 8:48 am by Ann Marie Marciarille
  Some of this is because, as early as 2001, the Medicare Payment Advisory Committee (MedPac)  was calling for its repeal. [read post]
5 Nov 2012, 5:51 am by Todd Rodriguez
Not surprisingly, the American Hospital Association is none too happy about the proposal (see MedPAC considers equal outpatient pay to hospitals, doc offices on Fiercehealthcare.com). [read post]
31 Oct 2012, 7:38 am by Debra A. McCurdy
MedPAC is meeting on November 1 -2, 2012 to discuss a variety of Medicare policy issues, including: Medicare payment for ambulance services, reducing the hospitalization rate for Medicare beneficiaries receiving home health care, Medicare payment for outpatient therapy services, geographic adjustment of payments for the work of physicians and other health professional, the role of provider prices in determining private-plan Medicare costs relative to fee-for-service Medicare, Medicare… [read post]
4 Sep 2012, 12:27 pm by Debra A. McCurdy
More information, including issue briefs for each of the topics, is available on the MedPAC web site. [read post]