MedPAC

Oct 09 2012

MedPageToday

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A quarter of all initial hospital admissions and roughly 60% of all walk-up emergency department (ED) visits are potentially preventable, the nonpartisan Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) said Friday.

Jun 28 2012

HealthLeaders Media

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Advocates for rural healthcare providers are objecting to a Medicare Payment Advisory Commission report this month that says that access to rural healthcare services is “similar” to access in urban areas and that reimbursement for that care is “adequate.”

Jun 19 2012

HealthLeaders Media

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Medicare’s fee-for-service benefit design should be changed to provide better protection against high out-of-pocket cost sharing and to create incentives to encourage beneficiaries to make better healthcare decisions, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) said

Mar 16 2012

HealthLeaders Media

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MEDPAC: Hospitals Should Get 1% Payment Update in 2013

Mar 16 2012

The Hill

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Advisory panel recommends Medicare payment cuts

Dec 30 2011

HealthLeaders Media

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission will likely recommend to Congress an increase in inpatient and outpatient payments to hospitals of only 1% in fiscal year 2013

Nov 07 2011

New York Times

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Health Guideline Panels Struggle with Conflicts of Interest

Oct 07 2011

HealthLeaders Media

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MedPAC Votes to Kill SGR

Sep 26 2011

HealthLeaders Media

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

The difference between IPAB and the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission is that IPAB actually has the power to implement the changes it wants, with key — and very limiting — restrictions.

Sep 20 2011

HealthLeaders Media

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

Congress should repeal the controversial Sustainable Growth Rate, or SGR and offset the loss revenues by freezing primary care increases for 10 years while doctors providing more specialized services would endure cuts of 5.9% in each of three years, then frozen for the remainder of the 10 years.

Sep 16 2011

Kaiser Health News

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Even before MedPAC finalizes a long-term doc fix proposal, the complicated – and expensive – task is proving difficult.

Mar 03 2011

Bloomberg

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Oxygen therapy companies led by Lincare Holdings Inc. are among government health-care vendors that are overpaid and should have reimbursements cut, according to a federal budget report.

Jan 14 2011

Washington Post

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Medicare recipients could see a sizable new out-of-pocket charge for home health visits – Medicare Payment Advisory Commission says a copayment is needed to discourage overuse.

Jan 15 2010

Modern Healthcare

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

MedPAC is recommending that Congress further adjust Medicare’s hospital inpatient payments to recover overpayments from recent documentation and coding changes

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