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MedPAC member: Give Congress more on nursing home staffing mandate implications
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jan 12, 2024
The likely costs of complying with a federal staffing mandate will affect nursing home margins so “massively” that a Congressional advisory board should offer alternative payment guidance for the sector,...
Forced to work in a vacuum, MedPAC recommends another Medicare cut
By
Kimberly Marselas
Dec 11, 2023
A Congressional advisory group appears ready to recommend a 3% Medicare pay cut for nursing homes in 2025.
MedPAC plots policy for SNF payment adequacy next Friday
By
James M. Berklan
Dec 01, 2023
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission will delve into the adequacy of skilled nursing facility payment levels at the panel’s annual December meeting next Friday morning.
MedPAC members rip ‘brute force test’ of staffing mandate, ponder consequences and possible gaming
By
Kimberly Marselas
Oct 06, 2023
A key Congressional advisory panel expressed deep skepticism Thursday over the proposed federal nursing home staffing mandate and whether it would address ongoing quality concerns in the post-acute care...
MedPAC finds single post-acute payment system feasible but says smaller-scale fix might be better
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jun 16, 2023
An attempt to unify payments for providers across all types of post-acute care is “analytically within reach,” but extensive policy changes that would likely be needed,
MA plans pocket billions more by enrolling less-costly patients
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jun 16, 2023
Medicare Advantage plans may be receiving overpayments of as much as 20%, finds a new study published by a health and aging think tank.
MedPAC ‘ruling out’ safety net for SNFs with heavy, low-income Medicare caseloads
By
Kimberly Marselas
Apr 14, 2023
Nursing homes that treat a large share of low-income Medicare patients have such high margins that they don’t need a bonus payment to help maintain access, a panel that advises Congress on Medicare policy...
MedPAC pushes 3 percent Medicare SNF cut in report to Congress
By
Kimberly Marselas
Mar 17, 2023
A key body that advises Congress on Medicare policy is calling for a 3% reduction in payments to skilled nursing facilities in fiscal year 2024.
With MedPAC, it pays to keep reading
By
James M. Berklan
Mar 16, 2023
You may never find a wonkier set of people than the folks with the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission.