Jul 10, 2015 / Contractor Reports

Spending in the Last Year of Life and the Impact of Hospice on Medicare Outlays (Updated August 2015)

Research Areas:

Post-Acute Care

Jun 15, 2015 / Press Releases

MedPAC releases June 2015 Report to the Congress: Medicare and the Health Care Delivery System

Research Areas:

Beneficiaries and Coverage, Delivery System Reforms, Drugs, Devices, and Tests, Hospitals, Private Plans, Quality

Jun 15, 2015 / Reports

June 2015 Report To The Congress: Medicare And The Health Care Delivery System

Research Areas:

Beneficiaries and Coverage, Delivery System Reforms, Drugs, Devices, and Tests, Hospitals, Private Plans, Quality

Jun 08, 2015 / Comment Letters

MedPAC comment on CMS’s proposed rule on the hospital inpatient prospective payment system and long-term care hospital prospective payment system

Research Areas:

Delivery System Reforms, Hospitals, Quality

Jun 08, 2015 / Fact Sheets

Fact sheet on MedPAC’s June 2015 Report to the Congress: Medicare and the Health Care Delivery System

Research Areas:

Beneficiaries and Coverage, Delivery System Reforms, Drugs, Devices, and Tests, Hospitals, Private Plans, Quality

Jun 02, 2015 / Comment Letters

MedPAC comment on CMS’s proposed rule on the hospice wage index and payment rate update and hospice quality report requirements

Research Areas:

Delivery System Reforms, Post-Acute Care, Quality

Jun 01, 2015 / Chapters

Chapter 9: Issues affecting dual-eligible beneficiaries: CMS’s financial alignment demonstration and the Medicare Savings Programs (June 2016 report)

Research Areas:

Beneficiaries and Coverage, Delivery System Reforms

Jun 01, 2015 / Chapters

Chapter 6: Sharing risk in Medicare Part D (June 2015 report)

Research Areas:

Post-Acute Care

Jun 01, 2015 / Chapters

Chapter 3 online-only appendixes: Part B drug payment policy issues (June 2015 report)

Research Areas:

Delivery System Reforms, Drugs, Devices, and Tests, Hospitals, Medicare Spending and Financing

Jun 01, 2015 / Chapters

Chapter 5: Polypharmacy and opioid use among Medicare Part D enrollees (June 2015 report)

Research Areas:

Beneficiaries and Coverage, Drugs, Devices, and Tests