Medicare and alternative payment models

MedPAC’s commissioners held their latest public meetings on Thursday, November 7 and Friday, November 8.  The subjects on the meetings’ agenda were: reforming physician fee schedule updates and improving the accuracy of payments considering the participation bonus for clinicians in advanced alternative payment models structural differences between the prescription drug plan and Medicare Advantage prescription drug plan markets assessing Medicare Advantage provider networks Medicare’s coverage limits on stays in freestanding inpatient psychiatric facilities Go here for summaries of the issues and key points and links to the presentations delivered by MedPAC staff and find a transcript of the two-day session [...]