Medicare payment incentives

MedPAC Reports to Congress

The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission has issued its annual report to Congress. This year’s report examines: how Medicare payment incentives affect federal spending and the delivery of care and how those incentives can be improved the challenges beneficiaries encounter when deciding on their enrollment in Medicare how Medicare identifies improper payments – and how it can do so more effectively the association between enrollment in Medicare Advantage plans and provider finances access to selected palliative care services under Medicare’s hospice benefit MedPAC is an independent congressional agency that advises Congress on issues involving Medicare.  While its recommendations are not binding [...]

2026-06-16T16:58:28-04:00June 17, 2026|hospitals, Medicare, Medicare reimbursement policy|

MedPAC Meets

MedPAC’s commissioners held their latest public meeting on Thursday, April 9 and Friday, April 11.   The subjects on the meeting’s agenda were: improving payment incentives in Medicare analysis of regional benchmarks and benchmark-plan availability in the Part D prescription drug plan market preferred networks and pharmacy access in Part D estimated association between Medicare Advantage enrollment and hospitals’ and post-acute care providers’ finances information sources that beneficiaries use to make Medicare enrollment decisions institutional special-needs plans:  provision of services, network-adequacy requirements, and star ratings mandated report:  assessment of the Medicare ground ambulance data collection system Go  here for summaries of [...]

2026-04-15T08:18:40-04:00April 15, 2026|Medicare regulations, Medicare reimbursement policy|
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