MedPAC

SNFs should focus on partnerships, quality, to weather uncertain future, experts say

January 16, 2012

In order to survive an uncertain financial and regulatory environment, skilled nursing operators need to look at partnering with other healthcare systems and improving the quality of care, analysts say.
 

MedPAC votes to lower the boom on skilled nursing providers

January 13, 2012

The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission voted Wednesday to recommend that the way skilled nursing providers are paid by the government be drastically overhauled within two years. MedPAC commissioners also voted to recommend that they receive no Medicare inflationary pay increase during the next fiscal year.
 

Skilled nursing groups slam MedPAC recommendations to revise payment system

December 20, 2011

Leading provider groups are sharply critical of a Medicare advisory committee's recommendation that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services should massively overhaul the skilled nursing facility reimbursement system and rates.
 

MedPAC OKs PACE improvements

November 07, 2011

A Medicare advisory panel issued recommendations late last week that would allow Medicare to strengthen Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) for dual eligibles.
 

MedPAC wants to undo doctor payment system, lower rates to them and other providers

October 10, 2011

A chief Medicare advisory committee has recommended that Congress repeal a 10-year-old physician reimbursement system and then reduce payments to specialists and other healthcare providers to pay for the change.
 

Obama's proposed Medicare and Medicaid cuts could negatively impact beneficiaries, experts say

September 22, 2011

The Obama administration says that proposed reimbursement cuts to Medicare and Medicaid providers shield beneficiaries from access-to-care difficulties, but some experts aren't so sure.
 

Poll: More Americans favor independent Medicare payment board over Congress

July 05, 2011

More Americans prefer letting an independent payment board make decisions about Medicare spending than continuing to leave the decisions to Congress, a new poll finds.
 

Provider groups support ACO concept, oppose implementation regulations

June 08, 2011

With the comment period on accountable care organizations to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid now over, stakeholders seem to be clear with one voice: While they agree with the concept of ACOs, they find the regulations too "burdensome."
 

MedPAC wants 'fundamental change' for Quality Improvement Organizations

February 28, 2011

Technical assistance funding would shift from Quality Improvement Organizations to low-performing providers if the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission has its way. Providers would become more active in the process if they were allowed to select their own QIO, as opposed to having a connection dictated by a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services contract, MedPAC commissioners maintain.
 

MedPAC votes against cost-of-living increase for skilled nursing facilities in FY 2012

January 14, 2011

The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) has recommended that Congress not provide a cost-of-living increase, also known as a market-basket update, for skilled nursing facilities in fiscal year 2012.
 

MedPAC considers 0% market-basket update for SNFs in fiscal year 2012

December 06, 2010

Despite pleas from the long-term care community, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) is tentatively recommending a 0% market-basket update to skilled nursing facilities for fiscal year 2012.
 

Market basket increase for 2011 'more than adequate,' MedPAC says

August 12, 2010

The proposed fiscal year 2011 market basket update of 1.7% for skilled nursing facilities is "more than adequate," the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) said in a letter to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
 

New MedPAC report explores provider incentives, assesses physician payment schedule

June 17, 2010

The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) on Tuesday submitted to Congress its June 2010 report, which focuses on using Medicare incentives to improve quality of care and make efficient use of resources.
 

AHCA, Alliance slam MedPAC for skilled nursing pay freeze recommendation; providers call for end to therapy caps

March 04, 2010

This year's recommendations from the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission don't take into account the worsening situation facing state Medicaid programs, and could prove harmful to senior care if adopted by congress, long-term care groups warned Wednesday.
 

MedPAC recommends freeze on skilled nursing facility payments for fiscal year 2011

January 15, 2010

As expected, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) on Thursday recommended that skilled nursing facilities not receive a payment increase for fiscal year 2011.
 

An unwelcome gift from MedPAC

December 16, 2009

Ho! Ho! Ho! Merry Christmas! What has Santa brought you this year? The usual: A preliminary recommendation to freeze Medicare rates for the following year.
 

McKnight's Newsmaker Video: Future cloudy for Medicaid, Medicare reimbursements, Lubarsky says

September 30, 2009

A weak economy, the upcoming end to federal stimulus funding and healthcare reform bode badly for the future of Medicaid and Medicare reimbursements, according to Joseph Lubarsky, president of Eljay LLC, an accounting firm.
 

Some healthcare groups, lawmakers slam proposal for new agency governing Medicare rates

July 28, 2009

President Obama has proposed creating a new executive agency, the Independent Medicare Advisory Council, to set Medicare payment updates. So far, that idea is meeting strong resistance from the healthcare community, according to recent reports.
 
 

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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