The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission met in Washington, D.C. last week.
Among the issues on the agenda of the independent agency that advises Congress on Medicare payment issues were:
- payment adequacy for physicians and other health professional services
- An alternative to the merit-based incentive payment system (MIPS)
- payment adequacy for hospital inpatient and outpatient services
- payment adequacy for ambulatory surgical center services
- payment adequacy and improving the equity of payments for skilled nursing facility services
- payment adequacy for inpatient rehabilitation services
- payment adequacy for long-term-care hospital services
- payment adequacy for home health services
- payment adequacy for outpatient dialysis services
- payment adequacy for hospice services
- the status of the Medicare Advantage program
Find links to issue briefs on these subjects and the presentations offered at the meeting by going here, to the MedPAC web site.