MedPAC Report Considers Unified PAC Payment System, Finding Best Providers

By: dwc

The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC report released on June 15, 2018 included refinements to their proposed unified post-acute care prospective payment system and for greater patient usage of high quality post-acute care providers. The refinements to a unified post-acute care prospective payment system would focus on increasing Medicare payment accuracy for patients involved in […]

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MedPAC Report to Congress Calls for Five Percent Home Health Rate Cut

By: dwc

The latest report to Congress from the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) recommends a five percent payment rate cut to home health care for 2019. The purpose of MedPAC is to monitor the Medicare program and provide advice to the Congress. “In light of our payment adequacy analyses, we recommend no payment update in 2019 […]

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