Jun 01, 2008 / Chapters

Executive summary (June 2008 report)

Research Areas:

Ambulatory Care Settings, Beneficiaries and Coverage, Delivery System Reforms, Hospitals, Medicare Spending and Financing, Physicians And Other Health Professionals, Post-Acute Care, Private Plans, Quality

Jun 01, 2008 / Chapters

Chapter 1: Direction for delivery system reform (June 2008 report)

Research Areas:

Delivery System Reforms

Jun 01, 2008 / Chapters

Chapter 8: Evaluating Medicare’s hospice benefit (June 2008 report)

Research Areas:

Post-Acute Care

Jun 01, 2008 / Chapters

Appendix A: Review of CMS’s preliminary estimate of the physician update for 2009 (June 2008 report)

Research Areas:

Physicians And Other Health Professionals

May 09, 2008 / Contractor Reports

Experiences Obtaining Drugs Under Part D: Focus Groups with Beneficiaries, Physicians, and Pharmacists

Research Areas:

Beneficiaries and Coverage, Drugs, Devices, and Tests, Private Plans

Apr 23, 2008 / Contractor Reports

Trends Between 2000 and 2005 in SNF Rates of Community Discharge and Rehospitalization

Research Areas:

Post-Acute Care, Quality

Apr 13, 2008 / Transcripts

April 2008 meeting transcript

Apr 01, 2008 / Comment Letters

MedPAC comment on the Department of Health and Human Services Report to Congress: Plan to Implement a Medicare Hospital Value-Based Purchasing Program

Research Areas:

Hospitals, Quality

Mar 24, 2008 / Comment Letters

MedPAC comment on CMS’s proposed rule entitled: Medicare Program; Prospective Payment System for Long-Term Care Hospitals RY 2009: Proposed Annual Payment Rate Updates, Policy Changes, and Clarifications; Proposed Rule

Research Areas:

Hospitals, Post-Acute Care

Mar 21, 2008 / Comment Letters

MedPAC comment on CMS’s proposed revisions to the Minimum Data Set for nursing homes and skilled nursing facilities

Research Areas:

Post-Acute Care