MedPAC endorses recommendation to ditch VBP in favor of more equitable model
By
Danielle Brown
Apr 02, 2021
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission is urging Congress to eliminate the current value-based purchasing program for skilled nursing facilities and establish an alternative that builds in more equitable...
MedPAC eyes replacing SNF VBP with new model that reimburses more evenly
By
Danielle Brown
Mar 11, 2021
The current value-based purchasing program for skilled nursing facilities would be replaced by an alternative incentive model that rewards providers more evenly under a proposal by the Medicare Payment...
Nursing home advocates warn no Medicare pay update could hurt providers
By
Danielle Brown
Dec 09, 2020
The American Health Care Association is challenging the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission after it recommended temporary solutions, versus permanent payment changes, for providers negatively impacted...
MedPAC explores permanent telehealth aspects for alternative payment models
By
Danielle Brown
Sep 09, 2020
Members of the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission are in favor of allowing more telehealth flexibilities under alternative payment models — beyond provisions introduced because of the coronavirus public...
Medicare’s payment advisory panel is recommending no 2020 pay update for skilled nursing facilities, claiming that operators have adequate access to capital and a steady supply of beds.
Latest MedPAC snub ‘absurd’ and ‘ridiculous,’ skilled nursing advocates say
By
Marty Stempniak
Jan 23, 2019
The panel of experts that advises Congress on Medicare-related decisions is once recommending that skilled nursing facilities receive a whack to their payments, and provider advocates aren’t happy about...
What’s happening at MedPAC – and why therapists should care
By
Matthew Mesibov
Kristy Wikum
Jul 24, 2018
MedPAC’s mandate is to analyze access to care, quality of care, and other issues affecting Medicare. The ultimate goal of implementing and tracking quality measures is to improve outcomes in healthcare.
Congress looks ready to ignore MedPAC, make its own Medicare reform
By
Kimberly Marselas
Mar 19, 2018
Even as the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission called for cuts to skilled nursing in its semi-annual report to Congress this week, lawmakers appeared ready to shape payment reform themselves.
MedPAC wants mechanism to send patients to higher-quality, post-acute care
By
Kimberly Marselas
Mar 12, 2018
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission is struggling with how to help acute-care providers direct patients to better quality post-acute care.
MedPAC backing pay transition
By
James M. Berklan
Jan 08, 2018
Medicare Payment Advisory Commission members are on board with a plan to transition to a new Medicare payment system over a two-year span. The new post-acute payment system would begin in 2019 and merge...