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The Commission is excited to announce its public meeting schedule for the upcoming 2024-2025 cycle!
September 5, 2024
October 10-11, 2024
November 7-8, 2024
December 12-13, 2024
January 16-17, 2025
March 6-7, 2025
April 10-11, 2025
Meeting agendas will be available a few days in advance of each meeting.
Earlier this month, several MedPAC staff participated in the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting in Baltimore, MD. Participation in the conference helps MedPAC engage with the broader research community and keep abreast of the latest research in the health policy field. Staff also presented some of MedPAC’s work at the conference as part of the Commission’s… Read more »
The Commission is excited to announce its public meeting schedule for the upcoming 2023-2024 cycle!
September 7-8, 2023
October 5-6, 2023
November 2-3, 2023
December 7-8, 2023
January 11-12, 2024
March 7-8, 2024
April 11-12, 2024
Meeting agendas will be available a few days in advance of each meeting.
The Commission is excited to announce its public meeting schedule for the upcoming 2022-2023 cycle!
September 1-2, 2022
September 29-30, 2022
November 3-4, 2022
December 8-9, 2022
January 12-13, 2023
March 2-3, 2023
April 13-14, 2023
Meeting agendas will be available a few days in advance of each meeting.
The Commission is excited to announce its public meeting schedule for the upcoming 2021-2022 cycle!
September 2-3, 2021
October 7-8, 2021
November 8-9, 2021
December 9-10, 2021
January 13-14, 2022
March 3-4, 2022
April 7-8, 2022
Meeting agendas will be available a few days in advance of each meeting.
A recent blog post (“Correcting the Record”) from America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) provides an inaccurate description of how the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) compares spending in the Medicare Advantage (MA) program to Medicare fee-for-service (FFS) spending. The blog questions MedPAC’s long-standing assessment that, when properly compared, Medicare spends more overall for enrollees in… Read more »
In July 2019, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services proposed a mandatory End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Treatment Choices (ETC) Model that aimed to increase the use of home dialysis by beneficiaries with ESRD, and increase kidney transplantation among adult ESRD beneficiaries (“Medicare Program: Specialty Care Models to Improve Quality of Care and Reduce Expenditures,” Federal… Read more »
The Commission is excited to announce its public meeting schedule for the remainder of the 2020-2021 cycle.
November 9-10, 2020
December 3-4, 2020
January 14-15, 2021
March 4-5, 2021
April 1-2, 2021
Meeting agendas will be available a few days in advance of each meeting.
In the 21st Century Cures Act of 2016, Congress mandated that MedPAC examine the effects of Medicare’s Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program (HRRP). Created by Congress in 2010, the HRRP penalizes hospitals with high rates of readmission for a selected set of conditions (pneumonia, acute myocardial infarction (AMI), heart failure, hip and knee replacement, chronic obstructive… Read more »
The Commission is excited to announce its public meeting schedule for the upcoming 2019-2020 cycle! September 5-6, 2019October 3-4, 2019November 7-8, 2019December 5-6, 2019January 16-17, 2020March 5-6, 2020April 2-3, 2020 Meeting agendas will be available a few days in advance of each meeting. All meetings will occur at: The Ronald Reagan Building, International Trade CenterHorizon… Read more »