Independent Medicare Advisory Council

From MedPAC to IMAC: Obama would hand Medicare pay rate decisions to new independent council

July 17, 2009

The Obama administration has begun the process of shifting control over Medicare rate adjustments for nursing homes, hospice and other providers away from Congress and toward a new, five-member independent executive agency, according to recent reports.
 
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