Commission Recommendations
MedPAC makes recommendations to the Congress and to the Secretary of Health and Human Services on issues affecting the administration of the Medicare program. With its recommendations, the Commission strives to improve the delivery of care, while ensuring financial stability and maximizing value for the program. After extensive analysis and evaluation, our recommendations are discussed and voted on by Commissioners in our public meetings. Recommendations are typically published in two main reports, released in March and June of each year.
| Recommendations | Topic(s) | Date |
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Hospice servicesFor fiscal year 2025, the Congress should eliminate the update to the 2024 Medicare base payment rates for hospice. |
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March 2024 |
Inpatient rehabilitation facility servicesFor fiscal year 2025, the Congress should reduce the 2024 Medicare base payment rate for inpatient rehabilitation facilities by 5 percent. |
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March 2024 |
Home health care servicesFor calendar year 2025, the Congress should reduce the 2024 Medicare base payment rates for home health agencies by 7 percent. |
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March 2024 |
Skilled nursing facility servicesFor fiscal year 2025, the Congress should reduce the 2024 Medicare base payment rates for skilled nursing facilities by 3 percent. |
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March 2024 |
Mandated report: Evaluation of a prototype design for a post-acute care prospective payment systemThe Commission forwards to the Congress the report on a unified post-acute care payment system mandated by the Improving Medicare Post-Acute Care Transformation Act of 2014. |
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June 2023 |
Skilled nursing facility servicesFor fiscal year 2024, the Congress should reduce the 2023 Medicare base payment rates for skilled nursing facilities by 3 percent. |
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March 2023 |
Home health care servicesFor calendar year 2024, the Congress should reduce the 2023 Medicare base payment rate for home health agencies by 7 percent. |
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March 2023 |
Inpatient rehabilitation facility servicesFor fiscal year 2024, the Congress should reduce the 2023 Medicare base payment rate for inpatient rehabilitation facilities by 3 percent. |
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March 2023 |
Hospice servicesFor fiscal year 2024, the Congress should update the 2023 Medicare base payment rates for hospice by the amount specified in current law and wage adjust and reduce the hospice aggregate cap by 20 percent. |
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March 2023 |
Skilled nursing facility servicesFor fiscal year 2023, the Congress should reduce the 2022 Medicare base payment rates for skilled nursing facilities by 5 percent. |
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March 2022 |