Sep 08, 2011 / Meeting Brief

The context for Medicare payment policy

Sep 01, 2011 / Comment Letters

MedPAC comment on CMS’s proposed rule entitled: Medicare Program; Home Health Prospective Payment System Rate Update for Calendar Year 2012

Research Areas:

Delivery System Reforms, Post-Acute Care

Aug 30, 2011 / Comment Letters

MedPAC comment on CMS’s proposed rule entitled: Medicare Program; Changes to the End-Stage Renal Disease Prospective Payment System for CY 2012, End-Stage Renal Disease Quality Incentive Program for PY 2013 and PY 2014; Ambulance Fee Schedule; and DME

Research Areas:

Ambulatory Care Settings, Quality

Aug 30, 2011 / Comment Letters

MedPAC comment on the Department of Health and Human Services’ Report to Congress: Medicare Ambulatory Surgical Center Value-Based Purchasing Implementation Plan

Research Areas:

Ambulatory Care Settings, Quality

Aug 30, 2011 / Comment Letters

MedPAC comment on CMS’s proposed rule entitled Medicare Program; Payment Policies Under the Physician Fee Schedule and Other Revisions to Part B for CY 2012

Research Areas:

Physicians And Other Health Professionals

Jul 22, 2011 / Comment Letters

MedPAC comment on CMS’s proposed rule entitled Medicare Program; Five-Year Review of Work Relative Value Units Under the Physician Fee Schedule

Research Areas:

Delivery System Reforms, Physicians And Other Health Professionals

Jun 24, 2011 / Comment Letters

MedPAC comment on CMS’s proposed rule entitled: Medicare Program; Prospective payment system and consolidated billing for skilled nursing facilities; Disclosures of ownership and additional disclosable parties information

Research Areas:

Delivery System Reforms, Post-Acute Care

Jun 23, 2011 / Contractor Reports

Trends in Risk-Adjusted Skilled Nursing Facility Rates of Community Discharge and Potentially Avoidable Rehospitalization, 2000 Through 2008

Research Areas:

Post-Acute Care, Quality

Jun 17, 2011 / Comment Letters

CMS’s proposed rule entitled Medicare Program; Proposed Changes to the Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals and the Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System and Proposed Fiscal Year 2012 Rates

Research Areas:

Hospitals, Post-Acute Care, Quality

Jun 15, 2011 / Press Releases

MedPAC releases June 2011 Report to the Congress: Medicare and the Health Care Delivery System

Research Areas:

Beneficiaries and Coverage, Physicians And Other Health Professionals, Private Plans, Quality