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Medicare 101 – MedPAC

Medicare is a federal health insurance program for individuals age 65 years and older, individuals with end-stage renal disease (ESRD), or certainSee more

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March 2024 Report to the Congress: Medicare Payment …

WEBChapters. Executive summary (March 2024 Report) Download Full Chapter. Chapter 1: Context for Medicare payment policy (March 2024 Report) Download Full …

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Physicians And Other Health Professionals – MedPAC

WEBPhysicians and other health professionals (such as nurses, physician assistants, chiropractors, physical therapists, and a range of other practitioners) provide …

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June 2021 Report to the Congress: Medicare and the …

WEBAs part of its mandate from the Congress, each June the Commission reports on refinements to Medicare payment systems and issues affecting the Medicare …

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Payment Basics – MedPAC

WEBPayment Basics is a series of brief overviews of how Medicare’s payment systems function. The Commission produces Payment Basics as a resource for …

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Recommendations – MedPAC

WEBMedPAC makes recommendations to the Congress and to the Secretary of Health and Human Services on issues affecting the administration of the Medicare program. With its …

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Improving efficiency and preserving access to …

WEB206 Improving efficiency and preserving access to emergency care in rural areas open that is 30 or 60 miles away from all other providers. Therefore, a new program to support …

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What We Do – MedPAC

WEBWhat We Do. The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) is an independent congressional agency established by the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (P.L. 105-33) to …

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Home health care services

WEB232 Home health care services: Assessing payment adequacy and updating payments Beneficiaries’ access to care—Access to home health care is adequate: Over 99 …

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Regional Issues – MedPAC

WEBRegional Issues. There is tremendous variation in the use of health care in the United States. Health care service use, access to care, quality of care, and other …

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Meetings – MedPAC

WEBMedPAC meets publicly to discuss policy issues and to formulate and vote on its recommendations to the Congress. At these meetings, staff present research and policy …

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MedPAC’s analytic agenda for the 2023-2024 meeting cycle

WEBWe are excited to share some of the policy issues MedPAC will be working on during the 2023–2024 meeting cycle. MedPAC’s agenda is shaped by a combination …

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Ambulatory Care Settings – MedPAC

WEBAmbulatory care refers to medical services performed on an outpatient basis, without admission to a hospital or other facility. Ambulatory care is provided in …

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Medicare’s Acute Care Hospital at Home program – MedPAC

WEBMedicare’s Acute Care Hospital at Home program. Sep 08, 2023 / Presentations. Download Full Presentation.

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March 2016 report highlight: HRAs and risk adjustment

WEBApril 26, 2016 / MedPAC Staff. MedPAC’s March 2016 report contains two recommendations for the Medicare Advantage (MA) program. This post will focus on the …

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Congressional request: Private equity and Medicare

WEB74 Congressional request: Private equity and Medicare services or care management to enrollees, and several are paid using value-based contracts where they bear some …

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Lynn Barr, M.P.H. – MedPAC

WEBIncline Village, NV. Term Expires: 2024. Lynn Barr is recognized as an influential leader in the movement to transform and improve our nation’s rural and safety net health care …

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Michael E. Chernew, Ph.D. – MedPAC

WEBChair. Harvard Medical School. Boston, MA. Term Expires: 2026. Michael E. Chernew, Ph.D., is the Leonard D. Schaeffer Professor of Health Care Policy and the director of …

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