MedPAC wants mechanism to send patients to higher-quality, post-acute care
By
Kimberly Marselas
Mar 12, 2018
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission is struggling with how to help acute-care providers direct patients to better quality post-acute care.
Providers unhappy over MedPAC recommendation on nursing home payment reductions
By
McKnight's Staff
Mar 16, 2012
The commission recommends reduction in Medicare SNF payments in 2014 and reductions for facilities with high rehospitalization rates.
Some healthcare groups, lawmakers slam proposal for new agency governing Medicare rates
Jul 28, 2009
President Obama has proposed creating a new executive agency, the Independent Medicare Advisory Council, to set Medicare payment updates. So far, that idea is meeting strong resistance from the healthcare...
Some good news (from MedPAC !): Quality rising
By
James M. Berklan
Apr 01, 2014
A funny thing happened on the way to a semi-annual eye rolling about a MedPAC report. It contained some information that could make long-term care providers happy.
Congress looks ready to ignore MedPAC, make its own Medicare reform
By
Kimberly Marselas
Mar 19, 2018
Even as the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission called for cuts to skilled nursing in its semi-annual report to Congress this week, lawmakers appeared ready to shape payment reform themselves.
A weak economy, the upcoming end to federal stimulus funding and healthcare reform bode badly for the future of Medicaid and Medicare reimbursements, according to Joseph Lubarsky, president of Eljay LLC,...
MedPAC chairman: Three-day stay requirement is ‘archaic’
By
Tim Mullaney
Sep 16, 2014
The government should pay for skilled nursing care without a preliminary three-day hospital stay, and the recovery auditor program should be reformed, Medicare Payment Advisory Commission members said...
MedPAC focuses on rehab
By
James M. Berklan
Dec 01, 2013
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission could be getting closer to formally recommending more uniform payments to skilled nursing facilities and inpatient rehabilitation facilities.
New MedPAC report explores provider incentives, assesses physician payment schedule
Jun 17, 2010
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) on Tuesday submitted to Congress its June 2010 report, which focuses on using Medicare incentives to improve quality of care and make efficient use of...
MedPAC wants ‘fundamental change’ for Quality Improvement Organizations
Feb 28, 2011
Technical assistance funding would shift from Quality Improvement Organizations to low-performing providers if the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission has its way. Providers would become more active in...