MedPAC votes to lower the boom on skilled nursing providers
Jan 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...
Skilled nursing groups slam MedPAC recommendations to revise payment system
Dec 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...
MedPAC OKs PACE improvements
Nov 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
Oct 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...
Obama’s proposed Medicare and Medicaid cuts could negatively impact beneficiaries, experts say
Sep 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
Jul 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
Jun 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...
MedPAC wants ‘fundamental change’ for Quality Improvement Organizations
Feb 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...
MedPAC votes against cost-of-living increase for skilled nursing facilities in FY 2012
Jan 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...
MedPAC considers 0% market-basket update for SNFs in fiscal year 2012
Dec 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.